My mother, a nonpracticing Jew from Delaware, had married a non-practicing Protestant in California. Sometimes, certainly not always, Jew + Protestant = Unitarian, and that is what we were - 'Jewnitarians,' as I like to say.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For most of American history, of course, the important religious divides were between denominations - not just between Protestants and Catholics and Jews but between Lutherans and Episcopalians and Southern Baptists and the other endlessly fine-tuned sects.
I'm not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant.
In my family, we were on again off again Unitarians, partly because my father, raised Roman Catholic, had had enough of church.
My family for several generations have been members of the Unitarian Church.
I'm a born-again Christian. I was raised Episcopalian - I've always been of a Christian faith, but I became much more active in it when I married my first husband, Marvin. I changed from Episcopalian to Baptist.
My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.
My father was ethnically Jewish, but his family converted to Catholicism.
I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.
My mother was Protestant, and in her mind life was more about work and obligations and responsibilities.