Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Um.... Date:   7/9/2015 12:03:10 PM

Unfortunately for you - marriage is a "civil affair" and not a religious one.  You cannot get married without a civil marriage certificate.  So do not confuse the civil part of marriage with the religious one.  Many people, myself included, were married in a civil ceremony, not a religious one.  Many "Christian" countries, it is normal to have two ceremonies - the legal civil one and a religious ceremony.  So don't confuse your Christian beliefs with legal requirements for a "marriage".   

And since you are so against same sex marriages, my recommendation is that you do not engage in one; however, for that 1.7% of the population to whom it matters, they why should they be denied, because other people do not like  or agree with it?  Live and let live.