@rlier23
Unpopular opinion: gay marriage was a mistake. "Marriage" is undeniably a word deeply rooted in religious practice. What should have happened, is the state create a new term, completely a-religious in nature, that replaced "marriage" in all legal context, and then also give gay couples the right to participate in this completely recreated legal institution (let's call it civil union). And reserve the word "married" for only religious practices. Also apply this retroactively, so that ultimately, everyone who was previously legally married was now in a "civil union" and people who also performed a religious ceremony were also "married", as defined by their religion.

This way you accomplish more separation of church and state (something that Atheists usually flaunt, but somehow we missed on how the state encroached on this religious institution), but you also get to give the same rights to gay couples that you give to straight couples, while not offending people's religious beliefs.