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Separate the Church from the State. Everyone gets a marriage license, not signed by a clergy member. Everyone who wants a "church wedding", be they gay or straight, can have the ceremony after they are legally married, to be performed by the clergy of their choosing.
That being said, I do applaud the thought behind this effort. Kudos to the religious leaders who support love and have taken a moral stance against discrimination and the denial of a basic human right. I wish more religious leaders would agree that any two people brave enough, and in love enough, to make a lifetime commitment to each other deserve to be married. Unfortunately, I live in the so called "Bible Belt" and while we are making noticeable progress against hate and homophobia, it isn't going to happen here just yet.
I sent my resignation letter to the Southern Baptist Convention as a teenager to protest their ridiculous stance on Choice and rabid homophobia.
