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As far as I'm concerned, and this is just me, every complaint regarding same-sex marriage has the church somewhere at its root.

I've heard one that isn't: marriage for the purposes of procreation to ensure the continued existance of the state. (Though, there is a religious parallel to this argument, which is that God commanded us to go forth and multiply.)

However, that's a rubbish argument, because the state (and most religions, for that matter) still recognize marriages between infertile couples, and couples who choose not to have children. Ergo, lack of ability to procreate isn't a sufficient reason to deny gay people the right to get married.