The two most importation decisions you will ever make are who you will worship and who you will marry. And the first must inform the latter because the latter will influence the first.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
If you are a Christian, you cannot be interested in, date, court, get engaged to, or marry an unbeliever. You cannot hitch your wagon to someone going in a different direction. This begins with who you worship, but goes beyond even that. Of course you cannot want to go North and marry someone who is wanting to go South. That is impossible. You cannot make vows to that person before God because either you will break apart as you both pull different directions or you will end up going their direction in order to avoid divorce.
But beyond that, it is unwise to be going north by northwest and marry someone who is going north by northeast. The differences aren't as severe and someone can compromise NE for NW easier than they can NE for SW, but still, it will cause tension as you pull apart on particulars. A paedobaptist cannot lawfully marry an unbaptized unbeliever, but a paedobaptist could lawfully marry a credobaptist. But even then, it may be ill-advised since once they have kids, the tension will ramp up if they haven't resolved it before then.
All that to say, be careful with whom you enter covenant. Do not take it lightly or simply assume that everything will work itself out. It does, but not the way you think. It works out just like anyone with eyeballs would have predicted: pain, separation, hurt, and divorce. Don't do it.
The two most important questions you will ever answer are: (1) who will I worship?, and (2) who will I marry? And the first must determine the second for the second will impact the first. Who you marry affects how you worship and sometimes, it can even change who you worship.
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