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I was raised Roman Catholic but totally do not practice at all since I was aobut 16yo; both of my wives were raised "reformed" Jewish, first one participated in some traditional ceremonies, second was non-religious and actually the whole family seems to be atheist ...OT strangely both wives had the same family name (now they both have my last name) though they are not related at all. For my first marriage, thinking it would be in the spririt of the rising ecumenical spirit at that time, we wanted both a priest and rabbi; after meeting with the local catholic church priests who were actually quite nasty and demanded that we sign papers and promise to baptize and raise our children catholic, we immediately walked out ....my first marriage was done by a reformed rabbi, we did the whole glass breaking and some other traditional ceremonies; we also decided that I would invite a "christian" representative to satisfy my family and broaden the religious part of the ceremony, so I invited a Jesuit priest (knowing they are usually more "revolutionary") who taught my best friend in high school, so he also participated and gave a nice little speech and blessing, I liked the ceremony and so did both families. But I did not have to convert or do anything at all for either marriage, it was never even discussed. For "medical" reasons and doctors' advise to my parents back in the mid 1950's, I was already circumcised when I was about 10yo ...ouch! I used to joke by saying this rabbi would marry any two mammals for a price, but I'm not really sure he drew the line at mammals; and I think I saw a solid 18k gold bracelet on his wrist with "rabbi" written in large diamonds ...my bad rabbi joke. My second marriage was done by a respected local woman judge, nothing religious at all, nice ceremony.
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