I could care less, but there isn't an option for it. Also when you say most Americans, i know the poll you are referring to. It was the one that polled a little over 1,000 Americans on what they would prefer, so obviously the other 300 million of us must feel the same way.

The government does not have a right to define marriage in any way, especially from a religious stance. For whatever reason our government decided that you had to have a license from them in order to get married.

This only proves that when you give your government even a little wiggle room on a simple issue like marriage the repercussions can be vast if not immediate. Naturally, the law started telling people who could and could not get married. Interracial marriages, polygamy and as we see today, gay marriages were all prohibited because the government deemed them not worthy, and mostly for religious reasons, which is simply a slap in the face to every American.

Leave it up to the church (for people of that religion), the people who are getting married, just get the government out of it. Nobody owns marriage, and i don't care what religion you represent. Marriages were around before the church took an interest in them in the middle ages, and were done more for business like purposes than anything. The truth is that no one should be able to tell anyone they cannot be married, leave your bigotry at the door, people are going to lead different lives that don't revolve around your simple minded idea of how the world should work. If the church wishes to outlaw polygamy or any other form of marriage and refuse to marry people for whatever reason, go right ahead and do it, but don't push your ideals on the rest of the world that might not adhere to your God.