Sita Walker

Who did you meet there?

I met my husband, the man who was to be my future husband.

I think he was sort of more certain than I was in the beginning, but I really liked him because he was so passionate about being a Baha'i.

He was so very smart.

He was at the youth camp to run some sessions and they were...

on sort of the history and philosophy of the Baha'i faith.

They were really interesting.

I thought he had a unique perspective on many things.

And, yeah, we slowly fell in love and got married.

Yes.

I think it's so interesting that...

There were so many parts of me that wanted to break away but I would never admit those parts to myself because I really, truly, truly believed that the Baha'i faith was the absolute be-all and end-all of faiths.

So I think that it was never an option with me at that point and I always thought that I would want to marry someone who was a Baha'i.

even though the boys that I had liked in high school were never Baha'is.

They were never religious at all.

I've always had these two sort of forces pulling at me, I think.

I think it happened...

Slowly over time, he began to become interested in other things.

He...

had some issues with the Baha'i faith that he would discuss with me and with his family and I think all of a sudden it came to a point when we were about 28 where he sort of said I just don't believe this anymore.