Yes, you were not allowed to be unevenly yoked with unbeleivers, but this sort of marriage was ok. I guess you would want your daughters to look ugly if you were a pagon. "Want some more gruel, help yourself little darling. and hre's a 2nd helping of pork sausages, makes your cheeks look pink."
If you were a Coward, then you wouldn't be drafted. Which coward has the courage to say that he's a coward. How would he be treated?
Since you couldn't draft a newly married man for a year, that must be why they had many wives. They could milk this one til retirement(no pun intended). That's a loophole.