I believe, like Hakham Uziel, and R’ Chaim Amsalem, and the Rambam, in Pe’er haDor #211, that the tragic phenomenon of intermarriage constitutes a hora’at sha’ah, as Jewish unity and the cohesion of the state of Israel is threatened. We need to utilize conversion as a means of averting a crisis, which we are on the verge of, sadly.
A situation where people who speak Hebrew, go in the army, eat matzah on Pesah, and fast on Yom Kippur can’t marry others who are on the same wavelength religiously, demands a response from the Rabbanut.