Should you marry someone who politically and religiously different than you?

Those are the lost sheep sonny boy.

Then you better hire a new ****ing shepard, cuz there are a lot of lost sheep.

Originally posted by Robtard
I've heard of relationships going sour because one person becomes religious and the other doesn't follow.

And shouldn't that address the divisive nature of religion in relatinships, or general existence? Basically, when you see that side-effect, it's because one spouse is confused as to what the hel happened to the other once they were warped by the sudden insanity that comes from the presence of religous idiocy.

Originally posted by Devil King
And shouldn't that address the divisive nature of religion in relatinships, or general existence? Basically, when you see that side-effect, it's because one spouse is confused as to what the hel happened to the other once they were warped by the sudden insanity that comes from the presence of religous idiocy.

Such anti-theistic cynicism, however, it is unfortunately justified.

Originally posted by =Tired Hiker=
Do you think having the same political and religious beliefs are important to a successful marriage? Is it bad for a very liberal person to spend a lifetime with someone who is very conservative? Should atheists only marry atheists? Or do opposites attract, and if they do, can you really depend on that as a solid foundation for a long lasting relationship?

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
If a Christian marries a Catholic, for example, things can probably be worked out. It really depends on the dissimilarity.

Originally posted by Bardock42
If a Christian would marry a Catholic, everything could be really swell, since, in all likelyhood, the Christian happens to be a Catholic.

When my grandmother was first married, she converted from being a Catholic to being a Protestant. My mother converted twice; from being a protestant to being a Catholic and then to Lutheran. Religion is horribly disposbale based on situation.

I don't think anyone should ever marry, but if you're gonna, shouldn't matter what they believe or who they vote for really.

Unless it's THAT conflicted with your morals. Although, if it was, you'd likely not even be at that stage.

-AC

When you play the rebel, it makes me hard, just saying.

Everyone in the world is unique, different than everyone else. Any who considers themselves boxed into some religious or political group is blind.

In a relationship its a case of give and take, learn to tolerate each otehrs differences.

Originally posted by Bardock42
To some extend. Obviously people that hate each other shouldn't "accept the other" so far as to marry each other.

if you love em{and hopefully they love you too} than sure. it is silly to hate INDIVIDUALS on their beleifs, unless their negetive beleifs make such a huge part of their mental and practical existance that you can no longer see a significant part of their SELF which is seperated from it.

Originally posted by Robtard
Then you better hire a new ****ing shepard, cuz there are a lot of lost sheep.

Still cannot generalise. You should differentiate between pracitcing and unpracticing ones ones for the obvious reasons. That goes goes for all religions. The nishers dont speak for the any religious practitioners.

Everyone should marry people like themselves in order to retain inellectual and racial purity!!!!!1

But seriously if two people actually form a relationship that has lead to plans for marriage clearly there is no problem about their religious differences. Depending on what and how strongly the two believe it would be much more likely for the relationship to never form in the first place.

Originally posted by Robtard
Then you better hire a new ****ing shepard, cuz there are a lot of lost sheep.

Should you marry?

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Should you marry?

In many places there is a tax benefit.

Originally posted by Devil King
I would venture the opinion that such a question hinges on the experience of being maried for a number of years, despite differences of religious or political proclivity, as well as being married for a short amount of time because those differences were the deciding factor in such a short relationship. So perhaps an Internet forum composed primarily of unmarried men and teenage girls wold not be the best place to present such a question.

are you thinking of popping the question TH?

There are quite a few married people and people who have been married on this Internet forum, and several of them have responded to this thread. This is the General Discussion Forum and I thought it would be a good topic for us to generally discuss. If I had issues deciding whether or not I should marry someone because of her religious and political views, I wouldn't present such a question on any Internet forum. I'd probably talk to a marriage counselor.

I'm already happily married by the way to someone who indeed has different religious and political views. My wife is Christian, I'm basically agnostic. My wife votes Republican, I vote Democrat (only because a Green Party Vote is basically a waste of a vote.) My wife is my best friend and we do indeed get into it over ass hats like Bill O'Reilly who she LOVES and I think is the devil himself. When we say grace at the dinner table, I sometimes say, "Dear God, if you exist, please bless us . . . blah blah blah." That one really irks her.

Overall, we get along great and just accept the others differences.

Every marriage will have some stumbling blocks, but spouses with politically and/or religiously opposed views might just have a few extra challenges.