Joseph
Intermarriage is inherently contradictory. I had a classmate (male not frum) who married a catholic classmate. At the time I asked Rabbi’s what to say to dissuade him. One pointed out that statistically kids of intermarriage are likely to disrespect both religions (he felt it was bc both parents had violated a cardinal rule of their faith so how could they demand allegiance to the faith). Courts don’t stop intermarriage despite the inherent contradiction.
And these couples break up all the time and go back to their original faiths, how can courts stop that? or demand fealty to a specific religion?
And even if they force the catholic to raise the kid jewish (as was agreed upon) the kids still see someone they love leading a completely different lifestyle, so it will rub off anyway
Unfortunately we see this all the time in frum divorces, one side has a big religious decline. I often see divorced women minus sheitels , in pants, taking their uniformed daughters to bais yaakov. Yes it’s great they are abiding by the originally planned decision on how to raise them, but it is contradictory to have a parent abide by a completely different set of rules. Kids don’t abide hypocrisy. If mom can wear pants so can I, bais yaakov upbringing or no. And no court is going to make mom put on a skirt.
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