I posted as I have because my wife and I over the years have known many Christians married to non Christians. We have also known, and attended the weddings of a Christian who has chosen to marry a non Christian. We are well aware of the many issues such people face, and the anguish some have experienced. Some of them have struggled with the guilt that they have married a non Christian. Some have been rejected by the church for doing so. And I have seen some mixed marriages work better than some Christian marriages.
I make my contributions regarding the unequally yoked verse for two reasons. Firstly, as someone who works hard at understanding Scripture I prefer any exegesis to be accurate. I see the 'unequally yoked' verse as being taken out of a context that contained no reference to marriage. That same verse has been applied to unionism, business partnerships, and membership of societies in my time. Few teach that now because the context just does not support those applications
Secondly, where there are Christians struggling with a mixed marriage that verse has often led to a pervading sense of guilt, of having missed "God's best" for them. That is a very heavy burden indeed.
I am not encouraging the practice. I just don't want people suffering an unnecessary burden of false guilt or condemnation.
John
NZ