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A child's question Although a surprisingly large number of Jewish-Christian marriages makes good, the national divorce or separation rate for such marriages is two-and-a-half times greater than for same-faith marriages. Even when the interfaith marriage starts off well, there is trouble when the children are old enough to demand cultural identity. When the child first asks, "What am I?" and "What church do I belong to?" — the problem begins. Less risky than Jewish-Christian marriages are Protestant-Catholic unions, which are plentiful among the stars. Bob Hope, for instance, belongs to the Anglican Church and his wife Dolores is Catholic. They have raised their four adopted children in her faith. Bob says Dolores has done a wonderful job giving the kids a spiritual training. In fact, he quips, "Dolores is so religious that we can't get fire insurance for the house . . . too many lighted candles around!" Writer Jim Bishop sees in the Bob Hope marriage a perfect mating: "She is Catholic; he is Protestant. She is spiritualistic; he is materialistic. She has the social graces; he has ambition. She has fears; he has confidence. She keeps the home; he brings the money. They complement each other all the way; and their marriage is as firm now as the day he slipped a wedding band on her finger." Bob himself says, "I go to church only two or three times a year, but I'm close to religion in my family. All our kids go to parochial school. We have a very religious home; we have a rosary hour." Bob has always done a lot of shows for religious causes. "I feel I'm lucky to be able to do these shows. I've been close to death many times, in my travels, and around so many ill people in hospitals I visit, I can't help but pick up a lot of religious feeling." Hollywood is full of ProtestantCatholic marriages. George Gobel, Episcopalian, and Alice Humecki, Catholic, are raising their kids Catholic. George is taking instruction in Catholicism so that he may convert. Kathy Grant, a Baptist, made it easier for Bing Crosby to marry her by converting to his faith, Catholic. Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra Jr. are working out a spiritual peace. She's Catholic, and Tommy has pledged to bring up their children, if any, as Catholics. Tommy — whose mother is Protestant and whose father was a Jew who converted to Christian Science — has been studying Catholicism and may convert some day, too. The least pressure is on inter-dcnominational Protestant marriages. Shirley Foley, for instance, changed from Baptist to Church of Christ when she wed Pat Boone. Although they were teenagers then, they were smart enough to suspect they had a better chance at marital happiness if they attended the same church. The most secure marriages are those between members of the same denomination. Of these marriages, all-Catholic marriages have fewer divorces than allProtestant unions. The divorce rate starts rising with Catholic-Protestant marriages, followed by marriages between religious persons and non-religious persons. The highest divorce rate is suffered by Jewish-Christian marriages. But the divorce statistics don't tell the entire story, because many romances never become marriages, lovers being frightened off by religious problems. Elaine Stritch, for instance, kept postponing marrying Gig Young because he was a divorced man, so he married Liz Montgomery — who recently divorced him. Monica Lewis, the singer, broke off from screenwriter Liam O'Brien, a Catholic, because he wouldn't marry without a dispensation from Rome. She got tired of waiting and married producer Jennings Lang instead. For most people, marrying out of one's faith is a profound decision. It usually means alienating relatives and friends; it often produces guilt feelings about abandoning one's lifetime religious teachings. But, in show business, religious differences are not viewed as fearfully as they are among people in other fields. Show-business people are accustomed to defying tradition; they are more aggressive in seeking personal happiness, rather than giving in to "what will people say?" Stars can often manage an interfaith marriage more successfully than most others because they may be more sophisticated, more world-traveled, play benefits for various religious groups, and constantly mix with people of other faiths. They become, in time, less hostile to new ideas. Although the stars are doing what comes naturally — falling in love — they are also doing something for the entire nation. They are testing new concepts in human relationships. In a way, their daring is a "pilot test" for others. Recently, Hollywood provided a different example of tolerance. Jerry Lewis produced a massive show raising $50,000 for the Mary and Joseph League, a Catholic charity. Jerry's wife was co-chairman of the drive to pay off the mortgage for the League's religious center. Groucho Marx, Charlton Heston, Jeff Morrow, George Hamilton, Skip Ward, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Davis — Jews and Christians — supported the show while Jerry spent $30,000 of his own money and three weeks of his time to stage it. "The aim of the League," said Jerry, "is the sanctification of the home. Anything I did is a small price to pay for such a worthy project." — Helen Martin