"I love him... but I won't compromise."

My heart broke for my friend, but my respect for her grew as well. Last year she dated a mutual friend of ours only for a month, but it was long enough for her to fall head over heels in love. The problem? She's christian, he's mormon. And she realized she couldn't live with that and broke off the relationship a month into it.

The problem, is now it's a full year later. He's moved on and is dating someone else. She on the other hand is still hopelessly in love with him. Everything else fit between the two of them, except religion. I for one grew up in a split religion home and it wasn't cool. I praised her for making that choice to split up even though she sincerely didn't want to. But she can't move on with anyone else either.

They're still friends though, which is something I questioned her about. She said she wants to win him to Christianity first and foremost, then maybe date him later. I understand she cares about him and wants to see him in church, but the fact she still wants to date him makes me cautious to encourage their friendship. I think she's just hurting herself even more and will find it even harder to move on with someone else with those ties still so strongly attached.

What would you do in this situation?

Would you break up with someone solely because of religious reasons?

(Note: This is not intended to be a debate about christianity/mormonism/any other type of religion. Please do not make it into one.)

Writing my last post I was laughing at one of the main songs me and my ex shared, "Write This Down" by George Strait. This song is a breakup song and really describes our relationship/breakup PERFECTLY! I initiated the breakup and he really didn't have much notice about it. In our relationship he would focus mainly on the chorus and skip over the parts about the girl leaving. But after the breakup I read over the lyrics and was amazed at how perfectly all the lyrics fit from his point of view.

"I never saw the end in sight; fools are kind of blind.
Thought everything was going alright, but I was running out of time.
'Cause you had one foot out the door, I swear I didn't see
But if you're really going away, here's some final words from me.

Baby, write this down, take a little note to remind you in case you didn't know,
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you to go, write this down.
Take my words, read 'em every day, keep 'em close by, don't you let 'em fade away,
So you'll remember what I forgot to say, write this down.

I'll sign it at the bottom of the page, I'll swear under oath
'Cause every single word is true, and I think you need to know,
So use it as a bookmark, stick it on your 'frigerator door,
Hang it in a picture frame up above the mantel where you'll see it for sure.

Baby, write this down, take a little note to remind you in case you didn't know,
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you to go, write this down.
Take my words, read 'em every day, keep 'em close by, don't you let 'em fade away,
So you'll remember what I forgot to say, write this down.

You can find a chisel, I can find a stone.
Folks will be reading these words, long after we're gone.

Baby, write this down, take a little note to remind you in case you didn't know,
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you to go, write this down.
Take my words, read 'em every day, keep 'em close by, don't you let 'em fade away,
So you'll remember what I forgot to say, write this down.

Oh I love you and I don't want you to go, baby write this down."

Looking at other relationships/friendships I see songs that fit perfectly there too. "Soulmate" by Josh Turner, "God Bless The Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts, "Come Cryin To Me" by Lonestar, "I Never Needed You" by Lonestar, etc... (In case you can't tell, yes I am a country music fan. Love me or hate me for it, I really don't care. ) Have you ever had a song like that? Where everything just "fit" perfectly as if it was written for you and another person?