hey there dawn ^.^. i can answer your questions

1) the only conflict that i run into is that, even though im not baptist or catholic as my family is, i still celebrate christmas with them out of respect. for me a tree is a tradition so even though i celebrate yule, personally i still like to have a tree lol.

2) actually, alot of my family know that i'm a witch, even though they seem to be in denial about it. lol. they still love me, even though it was very very rough when they all first found out. some found out sooner than others and even now, some don't know anything except that im the *odd* child.

3) i believe it is. love has no boundaries, when you find the one you are meant to be with, you can overlook certain things like the fact that your partner is not of the same faith. i am pagan, but the love of my life is not, yet that doesn't keep us from loving each other so unconditionally people usually refer to us as the cute and disgusting couple *its meant as a compliment tho lol*

well there ya go dawn hope i was able to be of some help!

I was raised in a Pagan family so that has really never affected me. But I have had a lot of experience and difficulties with personal relationships. The topic of religion seems to come up and it becomes a debate. And that is a debate you never want to have with a loved one.

For me, I would like nothing more to find a Pagan man with whom I could be with and mutually grow spiritually and emotionally.

This would be a good topic over in our forum Urban Pagans. As for me. I was brought up a religious mutt. Many dofferent paths. I did take a kong time telling my father what I was, even though he is not Christian. I had no problem telling the rest of my family. As far as meeting a non pagan/christian and making things work. It would take a lot of work and understanding on each others part. I was married to a catholic woman, that even though she know what I was I had a hard time doing anything around her. I am now with a great woman that completely embraces my path and has joined in.

Having been raised Orthodox with a strong liturgical calendar, the Virgin Mary, and loads of saints, I never really had a problem with making my path pagan/witch. I think that it is harder when people come from religions that don't have this as part of their background. For me, this is just another avenue now. No one seemed to really notice, my mother still hands me the censor with the Byzantine cross so we can cense the house with the incense I make during the holidays!

When i finally decided to take the path i was meant to finally take i did have a conflict with the Baptist beliefs i was brought up in. My BF is non paggan/ non wiccan and he is fine with me. The only one that had a problem with my path change was my mom, Oh well why didn't that surprise me! My dad and brothers thought it was pretty cool tho. And soon after my niece was able to follow her wiccan path with open doors..