Honestly you need to be honest....he has a right to not choose to be with you based on who & what you really are & how you choose to live your life & your beliefs...not based on a lie just to keep him around or end a conflict.

His beliefs are based on sound reasoning just as you feel that yours are. Being tolerant of others beliefs doesn't mean that they have to believe that those beliefs are ok....it just means that one accepts that others choose to believe that way & leave them to their beliefs.

Having a close long term relationship where core beliefs are incompatible even where tolerance exists still is really a problem because the fact is that believing that your beliefs are really ok will not be a part of the relationship. There will always be a conflict there whether it's between the two of you or inside of yourself if you choose to lie about how you really believe.

Oil & water never are able to mix.....there are just some beliefs that don't mix in a close relationship even though tolerance exists & you are allowed to live the way you choose.....the fact that it still doesn't make is ok in his mind.....& to hold on to the hope that he will change into feeling that it's ok is not a wise thing on your part.

Why push a relationship that truly is incompatible?