Freedom of Love? not really

Till Faith Do Us Apart...

You can't really forget the one you loved truly. things so happen that  you make yourself believe that it wasn't love but deep down in your heart you know that it really was. It's a shame that inter-religion relationships and marriages are still a taboo in this country.The religion of the person decides if you can be with that person or not, if he/she is suitable for you. But the heart doesn't know religion, color or country, it only knows love. And love is something you can't have control over, you like someone, you fall in love with them and want to be with them, that's it. But the society and people constantly remind you that that is not the person for you because they are from a different religion, things will never work out because you two are from different backgrounds, and your family, culture are all different.
Why is religion such a big thing here? We all claim to have progressed a lot since Independence but sadly it's only financially, because socially we are still orthodox in our views. Even now, whatever we do is governed by the thought of "what will the society say?" and not by how we feel about it, is it the right thing for us, will it make us happy? we are so affected by what other people will think that we forget to think about our own happiness.
We tend to ape the Western Culture so much, be it about their fashion, music, politics or movies. Everybody wants o learn English 'cause it makes you look educated, laws are being passed in issues relating to "live-in" relationships, then why can't we be as liberal minded as them when it comes to inter-religion marriages? 
It's not just about other people, we,ourselves also tend to have such views when we hear about someone else dating or marrying out of their religion. Such kind of attitude is deep-rooted in our mind and no matter how educated or progressed we claim ourselves to be, religion is one thing we would never go against 'cause we don't want to anger the "supreme power". 
A country is fully developed not only when it achieves a high level of GDP or standard of living but also when it's society progresses. when two people who love each other are not separated or killed because they belong to different castes or religions. The day we are able to surpass such thinking, that day we will be truly developed.