It would probably depend on the religion and how strongly the other person felt about their beliefs. My first husband was Catholic and I am Baptist, we didn't have any issues with religion because he was not a diehard Catholic. As long as the other person believes in God, the way they worship him would not matter to me. I could not date anyone that did not believe in God though.

I would not mind dating a person with a different religion because I believe personality is much more important than beliefs. I understand that there would be some compromises made, if the religion differences are to great.

I would date someone from a different religion as long as they didn't try to convert me. I have no problem learning or hearing about other people's religious beliefs, but some people are so pushy.

I consider myself pagan and my last girlfriend was baptist. We didn't have any problems because of it. Although, she was more agnostic by choice, so that might have had something to do with it. Her parents made her go church, but she was largely unsure of her religion.

I think that whoever I was with would have to be open-minded about religion and not judge me for it to work.

I don't have a problem with people who date outside of their religion, but I think that it is a lot harder. You wouldn't see eye to eye on important issues like raising children. I would want to raise my kids in the religion that I practice and I'm sure my partner would want to do the same. It would cause a lot of problems. Other things like how to discipline or raise children would be hard too. I would that that people of two different religions would not agree on too much.

I personally would have to say no. Religion is a very serious thing and so many have different ways of teaching. If you and you partner do not have the same beliefs spiritually or religiously then you are sure to have problems in your relationship due to these different beliefs. Even if they teach some things differently and some in the same sense you are sure to clash somewhere. There is no way to agree to disagree when it comes to religion. In order for a relationship to work you need to be on the same page spiritually. That is the basis of intimacy in my opinion. Without being able to worship and get the same teachings and have the same beliefs, the relationship surely will not last.

I am an agnostic Jew with some family that survived the Holocaust in Poland and some who perished. My last boyfriend is Irish, conservative republican, Christian.

We had an absolutely wonderful relationship until he told me that he wanted me to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I was basically given an ultimatum. He broke my heart. Used that line about being "unyoked." I don't understand why he thought I'd "unyoke" him. Notice that NOBODY ever tells another person, "I can't marry you unless you denounce Jesus for me." But you always hear it the other way around.

I'm really offended that he claimed to love me but couldn't accept me for who I am. That is a HUGE part of love. He's being a hypocrite because Christianity is about loving everybody and he's not doing that.

I was very accepting and respectful of his religion. I would always call to wish him and his family happy holidays. And come to think of it, he didn't do that for me.

A relationship needs to be based on mutual respect, trust and support. If you can't do that, you should not even be friends. Hell, you don't deserve a place in this world.

As for raising children, people of the same religion can't even agree on that. It's not as if people of the same religion don't fight and make bad decisions so why do people seem to think that they'll be successful if they're the same religion?!

Yeh, I would date someone from a different religion as long as there is a connection, a fire between us.
Most races, if not all, prefer to stick with their own but there are always a few people in the family that like to step outside of the box. I consider myself one of those people in my own family. I don`t believe color should be a factor when deciding your life partner.
I`m not going to make exceptions for people of Jewish and Indian descent but their reasoning behind same-faith dating has a deeper meaning because of their histories, so I respect it.
But other people have no logic behind their decision to not date outside of their religion like bigots.
They use typical stereotypes for blacks, Hispanics, and etc. to rationalize their behavior when the only thing that really matters in a relationship is the bond that they share.
If the love is their nothing else matters.

I've dated outside of my beliefs. We were both christian but we had different beliefs. Like he believed in the trinity and I don't. But actually, the best part of our relationship was our spirituality. Although we had differences we tried to find the truth and we both felt like we did find the truth even if we still disagree on some things. The main thing for me is that if you dont believe that Jesus is your savior and that his father sacrificed him for our sins and that their is a holy spirit then you shouldn't be dating me. Those 3 simple things though, we would absolutly have to agree on. And you know everything else that you disagree on, in time if you were to be together for a really long time, in time you will both come to an agreement. It just takes a little love, patience, faith, and longsuffering.

I find no problem with it at all. I think we are all talking about the same God anyway, just have different practices. I think a relationship with someone of a different religion would just help to open the mind and maybe find ways of getting closer in your own relationship with God.