**The U.S. Supreme Court last year struck down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which barred the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage. It determined the law improperly deprived gay couples of due process.**
Prayer ping for these judges.
The way to restore marriage as a religious sacrament is to do just that. The Orthodox and conservative churches need to reach an accord that marriage is exclusively a religious sacrament reserved to them, and to not recognize secular marriage as legitimate.
The important thing is not recognizing other forms of marriage as legitimate. And this includes other religions who do not adhere to traditional marriage as a sacrament.
It means they must go back to recording all marriages they conduct, and sharing that list of who is married among themselves.