AdvertisementMaking Marriage Work When Only One Spouse Believes In GodJanuary 17, 2013Deena PrichepfacebookEmailMike Bixby and Maria Peyer at their home in Longview, Wash. They have been married for two and half years but have known each other since 1981. Peyer is a church-attending Lutheran, and Bixby is an atheist. (Leah Nash for NPR)