Mixed religion marriages

YOu are right of course its the person not the religion that matters in the long run.

I get what you guys are saying but for most people, religion is actually part and parcel of their lives and so when you marry them, you are also marrying their religion as well. So I guess you have to look at it from a point of view as to how strongly the individuals feel about their religion and how much their religion requires converts. Getting converts in Buddhism and Hinduism is not as big as it is in Islam or Christianity and so you're more likely to find a Buddhist or Hindu marrying someone from a different faith more readily. Both these religions from India have a way of accomodating other faiths as part of their own. Judaism is fairly neutral. I think most Jewish women are not that fussy about marrying non Jewish men, though it depends on the family and how strict they are about things. I think Jewish men are more insistant on their Gentile Wives converting to Judaism, probably because Judaism comes from the mother's side - hence Jewish wives produce Jewish children but Jewish father's don't automatically produce children who will be Jewish. I think the most problems come between Christians and Islam. Because both faiths claim to worship the same God and have two different characters who have different claims on representing that God, you run into allot of difficulty when trying to marry two people of the same faith. I think the nature of both faiths is such that one of the spouses usually converts to the other faith (most of the non Muslim Men I know end up converting - but keep Western Identities for commercial purposes). Having said all of that I do know of Christian/Muslim interfaith marriages where neither have converted-which is quite Godly when you think about it.

Yes, I think it largely depends on how strong the couple feel for each other. :)