"I don't want my daughter to marry a Mormon," says one man, fearful that if she does "I won't get to go to the wedding, she'll be taken into that group and she'll change cultures." He said he would be "uncomfortable at family gatherings where people don't really talk to each other and I would have to hide the beer when my grandkids come over."

Of all the options offered, he feared marriage to a Latter-day Saint because it posed the greatest threat to "losing access to my daughter and my grandchildren," he said.

Another man agrees, saying a person's religious belief is "most central to who you are. I would struggle with it. I definitely wouldn't like it."

A woman acknowledges her "prejudice against my child marrying a Mormon. What would happen if I didn't get to go to the wedding?" She wasn't sure she would lose contact with her child, but the scenario posed more of a risk to her than the others, she said.

Faith issues have already hampered another man's relationship with his son, who married a spouse who adheres to "an orthodox religion. I told him he's welcome to visit," but he leaves his wife at home. "I'm happy he's happy, but it's really a pain in the butt for us."

The choice to avoid marrying a Mormon was simple for another man, who drew a laugh from others when he said he is already "married to someone of the same sex, a different race and a different faith."

In fact, marriage to someone of a different race didn't elicit even one response.

One woman who identified herself from the outset as a Latter-day Saint surprised some participants when she said she would be most opposed to having her child marry under duress. "Necessity would take all beauty out of it. I just think it's paramount that you get to marry who you really want to."

Another said she has raised nine children and has "a deep respect for allowing the process" of dating and marriage to unfold without pressure. "I have a deep religious belief against coercion. If you've ever experienced deeply loving someone, I wouldn't want to deny someone else the opportunity to do that."

Having his child marry someone of the same sex would be most difficult for a therapist who said he hasn't "completely sorted that issue out" in his own mind. "I'd be anxious about how society would react to those choices, and it would be a struggle for them." He also worried he would be "left out or excluded" from the relationship.

One of his colleagues agreed, saying he would struggle with how the child came to desire a same-sex relationship in the first place.