Directives From the Guardian
117 MARRIAGE, BAHÁ'Í
"In regard to your question concerning the nature and
character of Bahá'í marriage. As you have rightly stated,
such a Marriage is conditioned upon the full approval of all
four parents. Also your statement to the effect that the
principle of the oneness of mankind prevents any true Bahá'í
from regarding race itself as a bar to union is in complete
accord with the Teachings of the Faith on this point. For
both Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Baha never disapproved of the
idea of interracial marriage, nor discouraged it. The Bahá'í
Teachings, indeed, by their very nature transcend all limitations
imposed by race, and as such can and should never be identified
with any particular school of racial philosophy."
Directives From the Guardian
pages 43-44
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