Since marriage predates the current religions by a handsome margin and there are plenty of non religious marriages out there( Kichi and I are such), I would venture to opine that the whole debate is merely the religious right whining because they are no longer allowed to bully people that are different to them.
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If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.