It is secular law that mediates our interactions. Consider this, which of these (if any) are ok due to religious considerations? A public bus driver denies a gay rider.
A public teacher will not teach a gay student.
A police officer does not respond to a gay victim.
A heart surgeon does not perform surgery on a gay patient.
A public defense attorney does not defend a gay client. Or, if religious considerations are justification over secular law, which ones? Should a Mormon be able to have multiple wives?
Should a man be able to take a child bride?
Should a religion that embraces gays be able to marry them?
Should a raped woman be stoned as in sharia law?
Should an adulterous wife be killed as the Old Testament suggests?
Should a muslim woman be able to remain veiled in a photo ID? Where do our 'secular sensibilities' override our religious ones, and why? I do personally believe that secular law should override religious law (and belief), when it regards the rights and welfare of others, our civil interactions. In that sense, yes, I think the secular mindset takes precedence. Not necessarily because it is right, but because it is the one that remains when specific religious beliefs, and secular ethics, are generalized into a Golden Rule type of civil society. It's the best place to agree to disagree. Of course, I do not think it is always easy to separate the two, but I am not afraid of a slippery slope here.