So, how about Jewish/Gentile marriages?
These are not allowed in Israel. Under our laws, marriage must involve the religious ceremony in question, and follow the rules of the given religion – which, de-facto, means the Muslims do their own thing, and the Jews must bring a rabbi to their ceremony (and pay him lots of money). Naturally, the purpose of this is to give money and power to the Rabbinate.
The result is that as a Jew, I cannot legally marry 2swap. I can marry her abroad (and the marriage will be recognized, and in fact even a GAY marriage done abroad will be recognized), and if I apply for a marriage license with Rabbinate and hold a copy of the rejection, I can marry her at the German embassy. But a marriage in-country? No sir.
Me – and practically everybody else in the secular population of this country – are quite annoyed about this. I can understand why people are annoyed by not being able to marry their male partners, too.
And yet, of course, some people argue that since I can somehow jury-rig a marriage together by going to foreign embassies, then this makes it okay.