Yep, Girls Again

I thought I already wrote about this, apparently I didn't. Through the last two girls I dated, I decided that I just can't marry a non-Catholic. The first girl was Southern Baptist and the second Luteran, and both times, I broke it off because both times I decided that I couldn't get any more serious with the relationship with such a difference. And my stance on inter-faith marriage is even tougher than any Catholic friend that I know of, and tougher even than Church's stance. The Church said that inter-faith marriage between Catholics and non-Catholics is permissable when both parties agree that the children will be raised Catholic. And last I heard, the stance softened up to not requiring a promise that all children be raised Catholic, but only that the Catholic party does everything in their power to raise the kids Catholic. Apparently, there are other faiths that have similar stances on inter-faith marriage, that kids must be raised in their religion. But if you play out the scenario a bit, Catholic marries a non-Catholic, both parties doing everything they can to raise the kids in their faith, and what happens to the kids? My first serious girlfriend insisted that we should just let the kids decide; we both present the kids our side and let them decide. But kids don't decide, and they can't adequately be held to making that choice, they don't understand well enough.
Anyways, after both of those relationships, I decided that the life-long conflicts and screwed-up children weren't worth the risk. Non-Catholic girls are simply off-limits. So ever since then, whenever I'm browsing any kind of online profiles, faith or religion is always the first thing I look at, and it's the first thing on my mind. I've found some girls who would be perfect but for their faith. And others who wouldn't get a second glance except that they are Catholic. But it sucks, because I know that I'm the only person in, lets say a 25 mile radius that actually has such a harsh stance, and it has caused (I'm sure) and will cause me to look over dozens of possible romantic interests based on that stance. So it's like "Damn, she's cute, funny, shares all my interests, and she even likes me, BUT... she's not Catholic so don't even think about it." You know, it's kind of like swearing off alcohol (not that I drink that much), but it's like I just can't have any fun. Everything said and done, it's like my college years have been precisely orchestrated for me not to have any fun. But at least I have my values right? when I'm 32 and single in my apartment, I'll still be saying "I may not have gotten a date in 12 years, but at least I have my values." I really hope that there's a cute, single Catholic girl out there somewhere who think that's a no-interfaith marriage stance is really cool, because it's really cutting down my options.