There is real connection between sharing the same faith with your spouse and having a stronger marriage and family. It is so important to be equally yoked in a marriage. If one parent is going to church, while the other is staying home it can cause increase conflict in the marriage and home. It can also confuse the children when they see one parent dedicating time to their faith, and the other does not bother with it. How will a child know what to believe when the two people that are raising them how different beliefs? How confusing that would be for the child? Then you have two parents that are trying to teach their children two different beliefs. While it can be done, it can be extremely difficult. A study was done in 1981 by Bahr where it study the divorce rates of couples who were LDS-to LDS and LDS-to-Non LDS. The study found that couples who were LDS-to-nonLDS were three times more likely to get divorce within the first five years then couples who were both LDS. Why is this so? The LDS faith takes so much time and commitment and it would be hard to be married to someone who does not understand the demands that come from being a Latter-Day Saint. It would difficult for someone not of the faith to understand why their spouse is spending so much time in their church calling rather than at home with the family. It is must easier to do these callings and what is asked of us as members, if we have a spouse that is pushing us and doing these same things with us. Not saying that it is impossible to marry someone not of the same faith, but it definitely is more difficult.
Studies have been done where when the father and mother go to church together, there are fewer fights about religious views, money, housework, time being spent, and many more. When both parents have the same belief system and ideals, it is much easier to align goals with each other. The parents become more unified.
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