Okaaay I don't really use this thing, just randomly got an email after ages so came on it.
INTERFAITH MARRIAGES IN SIKHISM:
1. I don't think there's any such thing as inter-faith marriage; it's more outer-faith. Why, you ask? Because the children, if taught about both religions will not grow up Sikh or Hindu, they'll grow up confused. And if you choose one, it's not interfaith, it's one person marrying into another religion.
2. The ceremony: The Sikh marriage ceremony (read: Anand Karaj) can only be for two Sikhs. Carrying out and Anand Karaj for couple of which either is non-Sikh is a mockery of the ceremony and kinda means nothing as the whole point of the ceremony is making a commitment with YOUR GURU.
3. Sikhs marrying non-Sikhs: the Sikh code of discipline says to only give your daughter's hand to a Sikh (for obvious reasons, i.e. children will not be brought up as Sikhs and ultimately, to allow the Sikh girl to continue to practise her religion). But most practising Sikhs wouldn't really get their sons married out of the religion either for the same reasons.
Also, it is not advised for someone to change their religion purely for marriage (although I guess it is allowed) especially if it is a "love" marriage (i.e. foundations are based on lust) unless being with a Sikh has inspired the partner to follow Sikhism - don't think I need to explain why?
HOWEVER
We all know that people involved in "interfaith" marriages aren't really bothered about religion, otherwise they'd have respect for their Guru enough to know not to undermine the importance of the Anand Karaj ceremony - most people do it for the tradition, for the pictures and because oh what will the relatives say. So why force such values on someone that hasn't been following all their lives anyway?
The solution: they can still get married. Just get a registered marriage not an Anand Karaj. There's no reason why this should be a problem for them to be honest,
If you wanna know more, you can check YouTube channels on Sikhism, like BasicsofSikhi (
www.youtube.com/basicsofsikhi)
Apologies if you were looking for a simpler explanation, there kind of isn't one.