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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I am an ex Catholic and no fan of Catholicism.  My kids are not baptized.  But I ask you, what *IF* you just went ahead and allowed them to be baptized?  It would shut up your in-laws.

What if you let the in laws take the kids to Mass?  Who cares?  You can also let them go to other religious worship services.  Give them a taste of everything that is out there.

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Our children were each baptized at 5 weeks old.  It has not shut up our inlaws.  Nothing will shut them up but religious education, mass every week, first communion, CCD, confirmation, etc.

To answer another PP, no, I don't plan on going to mass.  That was the agreement when we got married, and I plan on sticking to it.  I have my reasons.  I don't really care if the kids go every so often - and they have - but again, that's not what the IL's want.  They want Catholic grandchildren.

And the PP that says this is totally correct:
PP with the Catholic husband & ILs from page 1 - I totally get what OP is talking about. A simple difference in opinion, or questioning whether Catholicism should be the default, is interpreted as being anti-Catholic.

This is 100% true and the source of DH's "you hate Catholics" comments.  I can't question ANYTHING the Catholic Church does with that accusation - and mind you, I question quite a bit of what my own church does.  It's kind of expected among most Christians I know, so it's a little bit of a culture shock to marry a Catholic and find out you aren't allowed to question.[/quote]

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