there is no religion test for marraige.
there is no love test for marriage.
society only rewards the behaviors that promote the institution and by extension the future of society.
we USED to have wide spread common law marriage which was by mere public presentation and cohabitation. That has gone away and at present only 8 states even have some semblance of it.
It is a matter of statutory construction. You want to have the common law which predates written law giving the broadest protection as to what marriage should be. One man one woman. You do not want the narrow statutory construction to take constrol because it means the government will define what is or is not marriage and what is or is not part of marriage. Remember the ABA is pushing that children are NOT legal parts of marriage and are just “accessories” to marriage. (this is to allow a door for homosexuals since it is physically impossible to produce children without a member of the opposit sex and/or medical intervention)
If there was a religion test then mixed marriages could not happen. Atheists would not be allowed to marry.
It may upset the religious purists but that is the way it has been for several millenia.
“Atheists would not be allowed to marry.”
Wow. Who are you? Atheists can be married, you twit.
Peddle your nuts somewhere else...cripes, not allowed to get married...cripes. Allowed by who, the STATE? You don’t even hear yourself do you? Slave.