Well actually the thread started because of the attitude of my FIL's sister.

A brief back story is the leader of the church of hubby's family's home town was a manipulative, greedy, vindictive man. As a result my husband was very vocal about being anti-religion. Over the years I've been able to convince him that there is a distinct difference between being spiritual and being religious. I've also pointed out the blessings we've had in our life that can be attributed to nothing but Divine intervention. So he's mellowed on this topic.

When the conversation about the names for our children came up and comments regarding specific Biblical references were made and my husband contributed to this conversation in a positive manner this caught the Aunt's attention. In the past my husband would have been rather loud and insulting. Since the spiritual health in this particular family lays with the woman in the household, I "think" she saw this change as a stepping stone to have me intervene and have my husband embrace his religion again.

Of course for him to be welcomed back into his religion I would have to convert. She was not satisfied with the fact that my husband acknowledges the existence and blessings of a Divine being.

The bit about the baptismal gown was just an insult from years ago. As for my kid's opinions, I had them baptized as infants for my own comfort. Since then I've been very open with the information out there and left it up to them which path they would follow. My daughter would attend the church that she was baptized on a regular basis with my very devout father. Since his unexpected death she's not returned. The boys haven't shown interest in church per se since they were small. I will not force them, I make sure they realize where these blessing come from and are thankful for them. The rest is up to them.