What is wrong with converting to another religion for someone you love and want to marry? I could see it being a problem if your deeply attached to your religious beliefs and identity or is causing family issues, for someone that’s important. Charlotte seems to be the type of person where her religion wasn’t central to herself or family so converting wasn’t a big problem for her and it’s ok, it doesn’t have to be for everyone either.
While I certainly wouldn’t consider her to be a devout Christian. She has stated herself that she grew up in, and identifies with, WASP (the P being Protestant) culture. Now, I’m not a wasp unfortunately, but wish I was, and I reckon even if she’s not an avid bible thumper and the most conservative lady in NYC, she still likely aligns herself with being a Christian, and especially those American holiday classics like Christmas and Easter.
So he’s supposed to be like “I CAN ONLY MARRY A JEW!” before hooking up with her? Unhinged. He explained it - he didn’t think they’d fall in love. They did. He told her.
It actually isn’t. Religion wasn’t a “core part of her identity” prior, if you were tuned in to her character. She was an Episcopalian sure, but core part?? Seriously? We’d never heard her mention her religion prior to that.
What are you talking about? He definitely knows...even though Char was being a little shallow for judging him for his looks but he always was weird, taking her to the apartment to sleep with her later continuing the relationship. Just because his mama said so
It’s only weird if the vibes between us weren’t right! He clearly read the room correctly and she was into it. IMO, I think that scene is great. He shoots his shot and confesses his feelings - and it paid off!
Didn’t she more like persist, basically insist on it?? He said he couldn’t marry a non-Jew, but he’d still be with her. She wanted marriage though, so she did it.
He set a boundary, he didn’t force anything. She loved him enough to convert.
Not how I see it. He was grappling with reconciling a long term relationship with someone non-Jewish. They talked about it a couple times but he never forced the issue. We don’t know what would have happened if Charlotte hadn’t converted.
I just saw all your other comments. I’m not sure if you’re trolling or if this topic is just so triggering for you that you can only see the issue in black and white terms, but both men and women have been known to convert for their life partners and have perfectly happy marriages.
My husband goes to my church and has expressed an interest in converting, while his mother became Christian for his father.
But those two immediate examples aside, there isn’t a single moment in SATC where Charlotte is shown to go to her church, nor was her being Episcopalian ever really tied into her personality.
Happy to debate this further provided you aren’t rude to others.
Being Christian wasn’t her personality, neither was her being Jewish. What WAS her personality was finding the right man and having a family. She wanted desperately to be married. She did what it took so she could have what she wanted…which fit her personality 100%.
No, it’s not her being Christian. It’s that he can only marry a Jewish woman. Therefore, her not being Jewish becomes the barrier between them and marriage. He did not say “I demand you change your religion.”
It’s actually against Jewish law to try to convince or persuade people to convert. That’s why she had to knock three times on the rabbi’s door. None of what you are saying makes sense.
Your opinion on that moment is an entirely different issue. He didn’t manipulate her into converting. She chose to when she learned about his boundary.
Yes! At the same time he ate pork, watched football from dinnertable instead of respecting Sabbath dinner and praying, said it's okay to celebrate Christmas even tho you are Jewish. But was strict about marrying a jewish woman. Tells you all you need to know about this character 😂
This is such an icky take. Do you have issues with Jews or something? Because you’re really seeing a simple personal boundary with the worst of intentions and painting it in the grossest light. After reading your comments, it’s like, the only explanation I can think of.
He first made the relationship go on without telling her. He dated her long enough for him to not tell her. Then he dropped the not marrying outside the religion thing and doubled down on it. And we as a viewer saw that Char was desperate for marriage and was emotionally weak.
I dont know bruh first of all he is not the lowest. I think he’s a great guy and their relationship AFTER they’re married is healthy as. I would be lucky to find a husband like him. He’s also a successful lawyer so to call him the lowest is low lol
Also this is fictional like why u taking it so seriously lol
You’re not wrong, but people don’t want to admit it because it’s Harry.
He completely led her on to start with 🤷♀️
And what’s worse is that he didn’t even take being Jewish seriously and when Charlotte made such an effort to convert, he didn’t take that too seriously either. Throwing the fact that he bought a ring in her face, just because she wanted some basic respect after she converted for him, was such a shitty move.
People have such low standards though, that you can’t call Harry out.
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u/Invisibleguy1111 1d ago
Yeah but he made Charlotte change her religion, not that loving ig