So imams, priests and rabbis control marriage, divorce, child custody and inheritance. They argue that God sees all and religion cannot be separated from these aspects of a person's life.
Along the Cypriot coast in Paphos, foamy waves leap around Aphrodite's Rock. This is where the ancient Greeks believed the goddess of love was born and it is a popular wedding location.
At sunset, under a blushing sky, an Israeli couple, Raz and Or, are getting married beneath a cream canopy on a pier. They're secular and insisted on a civil ceremony.