I agree marriage originally was a religiose practice, the state has no business regulating it.
It is ironic that many of the same people who are pushing for separation of church and removing any Christian reference from public are the same people wanting to regulate marriage a religiose practice, they can't have it both ways!
As for whether the church should accept different types of marriage, different churches have different practices, such as divorce , celibacy ect , There are churches for alternate lifestyles who already hold marriage ceremonies people can go there, we don't need government intervention in this.
Besides I am a widow and a single parent, where are my rights? I want a tax break, and insurance for my codependent such as my parent, and hospital visitation rights for my friends, why doesn't the governemnt care about me !
"I agree marriage originally was a religiose practice, the state has no business regulating it. "
Marriage is a cultural practice. It may have been confirmed by religion (as are many things), but that doesn't change the foundation of it. Unless you are completely ignorant of the rest of the world, you know that this is pretty much how it works all over the world. Despite there being many religions, there is only one major template for marriage: one man marrying one woman. If it was purely religious, there would be many variations. The only significant variation is polygamy, which isn't very common. There are problem other exceptions, but nothing on any significant scale.