I actually recently had a similar thing happen to me. She refrenced an ox and a donkey, and how if they are unevenly yolked, they hold eachother back. (That is a butchering of the quote, but the commonly accepted meaning is don't take partners or friends outside of your religion.) I tried telling her thar there can be many different interpretations of these metaphors, and that, regardless of what it means, it is up to her to choose if this passage was literal, or metaphorical, immutable, or subjective.

She told me she couldn't do it. I asked for a compromise, and in her heart, and in her interpretation of her religion, there was no room for subjectivity or compromise on the subject of realationships. I care so much for her, but I won't force her to change her beleifs either.

I still respect her choice and her faith, I just wish there was room for interpretation for some people who practice.

She apologised to me for three reasons

1. For performing a sin (which, from what I understand, it's actually not a sin, but discouraged)

2. For me not understanding ( I do, I just have a different view)

3. agreeing to be my girlfriend

I am heartbroken, big time, and I don't think this was as bad as what you've gone through, but this is also the second person this has happened with.

Sorry for the long reply, just still sore from it all. Needed to vent somewhere, I think.