wrong... you can get married in this country with no mention of any religion whatsoever. my parents got married in a courthouse in jeans on a random tuesday, no religion expressed or implied, a judge asked them if they would love honor and cherish one another, til death do they part, he then pronounced them married, i think it cost them $25. this gives them rights to each other's property, and power to make decisions on the other's behalf, as well as visitation rights in hospitals after terrible accidents. I don't want your religion to do anything except "butt out" of what is a civil matter, and has nothing to do with religion. Nobody is asking your church to perform the ceremony, nobody is asking your religion to endorse it.