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I think people are reading a little bit too much into this. I'm not saying that there's anything specifically wrong with only wanting to date someone of your own religion. (I think it's a little odd when you narrow it down to specific deominations and whatnot, but hey, there's nothing "wrong" about it.) I think I've even said, in this thread or another one, that it's not that I wouldn't date someone with opposite religious or political beliefs than I hold, but that religious and political beliefs often signal priorities and values that are important to a person, and it's difficult to sustain a relationship where your priorities or values or different. When it comes to relationships, people have varying degrees of "tolerance" (buzzword!) for views that conflict with their own, and especially if you're aiming for marriage or something similarly serious, it's good to minimize the amount of unresolvable conflicts.
That said, I do think that there are a lot of people who will only date someone of their religion (especially when you come down to things like only dating someone of your denomination), because they think that it will mean that the person will agree with them in all aspects of life (because our faiths are, theoretically, supposed to guide every aspect of our lives). What they don't acknowledge is that even within specific denominations, things can be interpreted quite differently. Or, being that people are imperfect and hypocritical, many of them know what they're doing is wrong but do it anyway. Hey, some of those Christian fundie boys are freaks in bed. Or so I hear.
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