Don't mention the Word

Quoted from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

´There is a reason why 1 Corinthians 13 ("Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels…") is so popular in modern church weddings. The word "God" does not occur in it. Apart from that passing nod to angels, the verses have no reference to the Christian religion.
This would please certain officious public registrars, who have interpreted the rule banning "religious" content in civil marriage ceremonies to exclude the merest mention of the divine. Forget about Corinthians: even Robbie Williams's song Angels has been blacklisted. This rule now looks likely to change, with the Government considering allowing "an incidental reference to a god or deity" in civil services. If this decision allows God to squeeze back into marriage, well and good. For the mountain is no longer coming to Mohammed, as it were (there were 181,000 civil ceremonies in 2003 and only 86,000 religious ones), and perhaps it is necessary for the Church to chase after the people. However, it is not certain that putting the Word of God on a par with the pop songs and sentimental poetry that currently serve for inspiration in civil weddings will add to His glory. The value of a church service, however diminished, is the explicit avowal of a Christian commitment; the mention of God, without that, is merely "sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal".´