NewsSurvey: Many don't want atheist in-laws by Cathy Lynn Grossman June 16, 2014ShareShare on TwitterShare on FacebookEmail to a friendPrint c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Brace yourself for family backlash if you plan to marry an atheist. A new Pew Research survey chiefly focused on political polarization also found Americans divided when someone in the family picks a nonbeliever to marry.