Do the posters on here believe that a civil wedding performed by a judge or a justice of the peace between two straight people (man and woman) is a real marriage or does it have to be performed in a church to be a real marriage?

As far as I know, every state recognizes a civil wedding as a real marriage for all legal rights. This has NOTHING to do with a church.

Why not allow a gay or lesbian couple the same legal rights as a straight couple for civil weddings?