“… in coming years watch for the Conservative movement to halakhically legitimize intermarriage by relying on the view that it is only rabbinically prohibited”

Since the consequences of intermarriage are so devastating, one must wonder why there is no explicit biblical prohibition. Be that as it may, in coming years watch for the Conservative movement to halakhically legitimize intermarriage by relying on the view that it is only rabbinically prohibited. As with other rabbinic prohibitions previously abolished by the Conservatives, they will argue that this too can be set aside for important societal concerns.

Marc B. Shapiro, “The Pew Report and the Orthodox Community (and Other Assorted Comments), part 1”, The Seforim Blog (6 June 2014), n. 20 [http://seforim.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-pew-report-and-orthodox-community.html]