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Would you date another faith?
By Margot Carmichael Lester You’ve just met someone amazing — cute, cool, and funny — but also of a different faith. Are you ready to date despite your religious differences? Take this fun quiz to find out.
1. Would you mind spending certain holidays in different forms of worship?
- Definitely. Being with my significant other is an important part of the experience. (Score = -1)
- Pretty much…but it’s just another cross to bear. (Score = 1)
- Somewhat. But we can’t be together every minute of the day anyway. (Score = 2)
- A little. My whole family gets together and it wouldn’t be the same without my partner. (Score = 3)
- No. I respect my partner’s need to practice his/her religion as I need to practice mine. (Score = 4)
2. Could you ever attend services with your partner?
- Never. I couldn’t betray my own faith. (Score = -1)
- No. It would be disrespectful to attend a service I didn’t believe in or practice. (Score = 1)
- I guess it couldn’t hurt. (Score = 2)
- Probably, especially if it were a family-oriented event. (Score = 3)
- Of course. We should both attend services with each other when possible.
(Score = 4)
3. The way to your sweetie’s heart is through his or her stomach. How far would you bend your faith’s dietary restrictions to suit the object of your affections?
- Not a bit. That would be wrong. (Score = -1)
- I wouldn’t modify my dietary restrictions any more than I’d expect my significant other to change. (Score = 1)
- I’d find some graceful way to refuse. Or develop a sudden food allergy.
(Score = 2) - It would depend on how far I’d have to stray. (Score = 3)
- I’d try to stay true to both our faiths by talking about foods we can and can’t eat and looking for compromise. (Score = 4)
4. What would your parents do if you dated someone outside your faith?
- Disown me. (Score = -1)
- Give me the cold shoulder. (Score = 1)
- Pray for me. (Score = 2)
- Try to talk me out of it. (Score = 3)
- Hope I was happy. (Score = 4)
5. Which movie did you like best?
- The Last Temptation of Christ (Score = -1)
- The Passion of the Christ (Score = 1)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (Score = 2)
- Agnes of God (Score = 3)
- The Life of Brian (Score = 4)
What your total score reveals:
Less than 0: Your devotion to your faith is so deep, you need a partner who feels the same way. So get involved in your church’s singles ministry and get ready to meet your match.
0-5: You take a hard line on your devotion—not that that’s a bad thing. But dating someone outside your faith would probably not work for you.
6-10: Family and faith are equally important to you. Dating someone who can’t be around for every special event or religious holiday probably wouldn’t work.
11-15: You seem pretty open-minded and flexible. If s/he was perfect in every other way, you could probably date someone of a different faith quite happily.
16-20: You’ve mastered acceptance and are clearly ready to date someone who shares your sense of spirituality, but is of a different faith.
Margot Carmichael Lester is a writer based in Carrboro, NC. The daughter of a lapsed Catholic and a non-denominational churchman who was schooled in both Catholic and Quaker institutions, she’s not sure what “outside your faith” means to her.