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Dear anonymous,

Please take in mind I am not a bishop I am just temple worthy church member who holds the priesthood. I have been married to my wife fore 2 years who is an evangelical Christian. I too thought the same way as you did about how love was enough. I have a 7 month old son now which adds to the mix of things. Well let me tell you it is a battle very Sunday morning when I get up and go to church. And she always says "Why do you do this to us?" To avoid confrontation and lose the spirit I say nothing. When I come home she says we need to talk. I say nothing and she says nothing later. I do love my wife and I chose to marry her. It is very true the church doesn't tell you what to do. We have free agency to make our own choices in life. But we do have to live with the choice we make good or bad. I just think to myself this marriage will be over when I die and I don't have to live with her for eternity unless Heavenly Father creates a miracle. Sometimes I think to myself I made a mistake. Well mistake or not I have to live with the choice I made. I would encourage you to read the scriptures, pray, fast, attend the temple. And seek what Heavenly Father wants you to do concerning you marrying this girl. Good luck in your search.

Webmaster: Thanks for your perspective, David. May God bless you and your marriage.

I'll leave it to others to answer your question, but I did want to point out that your question incorrectly implies that Mormons are not Christian. Like Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians, Mormons are also Christian. Specifically, Mormonism belongs to the Restorationist branch of Christianity. Good luck to you.

It's not wrong but marriage is hard enough when you are both the same religion. I have known people to make this "work", but like most marriages you don't get to know all the nitty-gritty details that go on in every day relations.

Personally I wouldn't mix a difference of religions into a marriage that's just a harder marriage then needs be.

I love Tevia's (the Father character in fiddler on the roof) explanation to his Jewish daughter who is befriending a Christian man on this subject. "As the good book says 'to each his own kind' in other words a bird may love a fish but where would they build their home together?"

No, this is not wrong. They cannot be married in the temple for time and all eternity, but there is no problem with them staying together.

It isn't the best case scenario. Since we believe that the LDS church is the true church of Jesus, it is desirable to have both husband and wife, mother and father, a member of this true church. Without this consistency in the family, many blessings of having the gospel would not be available to this family. It is not a sin, but it is not a great choice, unless God directs it. At times he will direct this type of thing knowing that later on unity about religion would come about with these people. He has every answer!