Interfaith marriages often have greater marital friction and interfaith marriages historically have had higher rates of divorce.<ref>http://blogs.chron.com/believeitornot/2010/06/interfaith_marriages_more_like_1.html</ref> According to a ''Washington Post'' article, "According to calculations based on the American Religious Identification Survey of 2001, people who had been in mixed-religion marriages were three times more likely to be divorced or separated than those who were in same-religion marriages." <ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/04/AR2010060402011.html Interfaith marriages are rising fast, but they're failing fast too], By Naomi Schaefer Riley | Interfaith marriages often have greater marital friction and interfaith marriages historically have had higher rates of divorce.<ref>http://blogs.chron.com/believeitornot/2010/06/interfaith_marriages_more_like_1.html</ref> According to a ''Washington Post'' article, "According to calculations based on the American Religious Identification Survey of 2001, people who had been in mixed-religion marriages were three times more likely to be divorced or separated than those who were in same-religion marriages." <ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/04/AR2010060402011.html Interfaith marriages are rising fast, but they're failing fast too], By Naomi Schaefer Riley |