They Made It To The Altar, But He Wasn’t Woke Enough

Amala Ekpunobi

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🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ dating show just finished its 8th season and one couple, Ben and Sara, is going viral for breaking up over politics. Ben was a Christian who claimed not to have a stance on gay marriage or BLM, leading Sara, who has a gay sister, to leave him at the altar. Is she wrong, is he wrong, or did they end up at the right decision? Let’s talk about it.

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0:00.0	Well, season 8 of Love is Blind has come to a close, and we're going to be talking about it on the show today.
0:04.8	And one couple in particular that is going super viral right now online because their political differences, spoiler alerts, led to their demise.
0:13.2	We're going to be talking about Sarah and Ben and their moment at the altar where Sarah lets him know,
0:18.1	I can't be with you, Ben.
0:19.5	And it's because you don't support Black Lives Matter or LGBTQ this.
0:23.4	You don't recognize your white privilege, and it leads to the end of their relationship.
0:28.3	We're going to talk about what it means to date somebody who doesn't share your values and how likely it is that that relationship is successful.
0:35.2	But first things first, let's get into Sarah and Ben's moment at the
0:38.8	altar where she lets him know how she truly feels. I love you so much. But I've always wanted
0:47.8	a partner to be on the same wavelength. And so today I can't.
1:01.5	I'm sorry, but I don't want that to be misunderstood.
1:04.1	I still love you and everything about you is amazing.
1:08.2	And I care about you so much.
1:16.3	I care about you too. And I love you so much. And I know I want to stay with you and keep growing our relationship if you'll love you. We'll see. You know, okay,
1:26.7	I didn't keep up too much with this season, but I'm seeing something in her where when she's saying, I love you, I don't think she really means that.
1:33.1	And I think a lot of people see that because maybe that's what they want to feel or that's what makes them come off the best in these moments, especially when they're being filmed for the entire world to see.
1:42.8	But I'm not convinced by that
1:44.5	I love you. And we got it reinforced by that maybe, maybe we continue with the relationship
1:51.4	because I love you so much. Okay, please. And you know what? This is not necessarily her fault.
1:57.0	If you are with somebody who doesn't share your values and you want to be with somebody
2:01.1	who does, then by all means make that very clear and it is the best for both of you to
2:06.2	see yourself out of that relationship. But let's not mix in all these moments of saying how much
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