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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here.  I would get to a marriage counselor and work out how you are going to handle his spiritual practice, his expectations of you, and the raising of your children.

I grew up Catholic, left the church, would not chosen a Catholic partner, and would never allow my children to be taken to a Catholic church, CCD, a Catholic school, or taught to be Catholic.  A conversion (or renewal of faith) on the part of my husband in this regard would be the cause for some serious conversations that would be best facilitated by a marriage counselor.  He (my DH) is a non-practicing Episcopalian, and the same would be true if he wanted us to start going to church with him.  (Going to church on his own would be fine with me, if I had a different block of time during the week for my own use.)[/quote]

Okay, here's a tip for folks out there - atheists and people if any religious background should probably not marry.[/quote]

Are you the same poster who said that about jews and nonjews? Because I still think your logic is inherently flawed. Marriage is not simply about religion. Religion is just one aspect of marital life, like sex, ILs, children, friends, extended family gatherings, holidays, work and parenting styles, and interests in common. I'm an ex-Catholic married to a non-practicing Jew and we've been happily married for nearly two decades now. It's not about religion, but about proportion: can each person respect the other's need for religion v. secularism?  If one can't accept the other's view point, or if one or both partners change views to the point of incompatibility, a conflict occurs. This can even occur within marriages of the same denomination if one partner suddenly becomes radically more devout than the other.

Simply blaming the problem on intermarriage ignores the fact that the conflict is between two people, rather than the religions (or any demographic, IMHO) involved. [/quote]

No.  I was being facetious and directing my comments to the vehement atheists here who are obviously offended by anyone and everyone who follows any religion.  OMG - they'll get God cooties!!!!   :roll:[/quote]

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