to coffee addict:
If they have to drop the other religious based prohibitions, then marriage is transformed into a domestic partnership that is more permanent than being a roommate, but fundamentally different than traditional marriage (which is America was based on the canon law of the Church of England)
More likely they would sharply reduce or eliminate benefits based on being married – but what about those benefits that serve to protect a woman is bears and raises children in reliance on the husband? Will the new environment encourage private marriage contracts to provide what was previously imposed by statute?