Why does it have to be either. Marriage, like it or not folks, is a civil right with civil rights and responsibilities. Getting to see your spouse while you're in the hospital, getting to make funeral decisions for your spouse when he or she dies, social security, inheritance rights. None of that has diddly to do with whether someone gets married in a church or a temple or a mosque or a park or someone's living room. In order to be married, you have to register with your government.
And, the idea that in order to protect your religious rights you must deny me my civil rights is just wrong.
Interesting article on Grisanti, Republican from Buffalo who was a swing vote on the New York marriage vote:
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/politics/article468372.ece
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