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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that you are borrowing trouble by bringing this up, and from your own description, that you are way too pushy with your own beliefs.

I am an atheist. My MIL is a very devout Catholic. I respect her beliefs, and she respects mine. I'm sure it bothers her to no end that we were not married in the church and that our children are not baptized, yet she has never made an issue of it. I happily let her bring our children to church occassionally as I believe it is good, and healthy, to be exposed to multiple worldviews. You are not going to change her mind about social issues (other than perhaps by modeling tolerance), so those topics are best avoided for the greater good of family harmony. If and when you have children and those issues come up, you can use it as an opportunity to explain to your children why you disagree with Grandma about that particular issue.

That said, make sure you and your husband are on the same page about this. If she is overstepping boundaries, he can raise that with her, but do not assume just because she is religious and you are not that you need to make this an issue. There is no good that will come of that.[/quote]

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