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seeing as they disagree with Christian beliefs on marriage, which is in fact a Christian sacrament to begin with, if I'm right.
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But marriage is in no way solely a Christian ceremony anymore. Members of other religions marry, and atheists marry. As Phoenix mentioned, there are a lot of economic benefits that come along with marrying. It's not just about love or holy sacrament (it never really was about those things - historically it has always been about power exchange and economics). Love only came into the mix very recently.
Not around so much now that school's started
"Live a good life.
If there are gods and they are just,
then they will not care how devout you have been,
but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by.
If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them.
If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life
that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."
Marcus Aurelius