{"id":220,"date":"2010-08-02T08:05:26","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T08:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/08\/chelsea-clintons-interfaith-ceremony-ends-wedding-speculation-but-not-marriage-debate.html"},"modified":"2010-08-02T08:05:26","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T08:05:26","slug":"chelsea-clintons-interfaith-ceremony-ends-wedding-speculation-but-not-marriage-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/08\/chelsea-clintons-interfaith-ceremony-ends-wedding-speculation-but-not-marriage-debate.html","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Clinton’s Interfaith Ceremony Ends Wedding Speculation, But Not Marriage Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a religion reporter with a personal and professional interest in interfaith families, but I was put off by the endless speculation <\/a>and random weighing-in <\/a>about Chelsea Clinton’s wedding ceremony these past few weeks. (Though, to be fair, what seemed like a national obsession in the Clintons’ neck of the woods, where I’ve been staying, was probably not such a huge deal in other parts of the country — was it?) <\/p>\n

Having gone through an interfaith wedding myself — two ceremonies and three continents, in our case! — I can’t imagine navigating all that family drama while also under very public scrutiny. Fortunately, it seems like Chelsea Clinton is far more graceful under pressure; I suppose she’s had a lot more practice.<\/p>\n

So, to answer the question: Chelsea Clinton, a Methodist, and her husband Mark Mezvinsky, a Jew, had an interfaith ceremony. It wasn’t a big Jewish wedding <\/a>and she didn’t convert to Judaism, unlike Ivanka Trump last year<\/a>. No word yet on how they’ll raise their kids or whether they’ll keep a kosher kitchen or which holidays they will celebrate or which houses of worship they’ll attend. Presumably, it’s none of our business, though it does serve as a convenient news hook for covering interfaith family trends<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n

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