We the undersigned ask you to sign our covenant.

As a layperson, I believe there should be a separation of the church and the state in reference to the signing of the state-issued marriage licenses. As a layperson, I covenant that I will speak to or write to my pastor and will ask them to not sign state-issued marriage licenses and to only perform religious ceremonies for all people.

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Barb Klegin, Lakewood, Ohio, United Church of Christ

Jerry Guffey, Mayfield Hts, OH, United Church of Christ

Andrea Green, Cleveland, Ohio, United Church of Christ

xxxxxxxx, Santa Barbara, CA, Presbyterian
Anyone who gets married or attends a marriage is endorsing the homophobic agenda UNTIL all people are free to marry.

Samantha Schecter, Boston, MS, Jewish
Our country was founded on the basis of separating church and state, this is a wonderful cause. Equality now!

Will Nist, Cottonwood, az, Roman Catholic

Angela Bonilla, New York, New York, None

Steven May, Philadelphia, PA,

Evan Mapoy, winnetka, ca, Catholic

Joseph Sardone, San Francisco, California, Catholic
Excellent

Peter D. Nelson, Boise, ID, Episcopalian
The separation of church and state goes both ways. Just as the State must never be allowed to infringe on the right to freely practice any religion, religion must not infringe on the rights granted to us by the state. This much is clear, what remains to be seen is the path that we must follow to achieve true liberty for all.

Jenny Kane, Washington, DC, Unaffiliated
Thank you for doing this. It's encouraging to see equality-minded people exerting a voice in the faity community.

Kathy Jones, Dallas, TX, Non-Denom

Douglas Whitfield, Verona, WI, Baptist
Separation of Church and State FTW!

J. Juda Becker, Troy, NY, United Methodist

Jeff Woodard, Lakewood, Ohio, United Church of Christ

Robert A. Orr, Metuchen, NJ, Presbyterian
Equal rights means equal rights for all.

Lindsay Goin, McKinney, Texas,

Chaz Henderson, Cleveland, Ohio, United Church of Christ
All treated equally under God's covenant AND under state and federal regulations!

David Talbot, Lakewood, Ohio, United Church of Christ

Leslie Eppler, Toledo, Ohio, UCC
need a seminarian category

Pam Pierce, Redlands, ca, Jewish
I was so glad to hear of your group.
Thank you for standing with us.

Ronald Keating, Cleveland, OH, United Methodist

Linn Grenert, Beachwood, ,

Steve Kaufman, Shaker Heights, Ohio, United Church of Christ

xxxxxxxx, North Ridgeville, OH,

We the undersigned ask you to sign our covenant.

Our congregation/faith community covenants that we will make it our policy that our faith leaders will not be signing agents of state-issued marriage licenses. Furthermore, we covenant that no marriage license will be signed on our property.

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Pilgrim Congregational UCC, Cleveland, Ohio, United Church of Christ, Pilgrim Congregational UCC

Lyndale United Church of Christ, Minneapolis, MN, United Church of Christ, Lyndale UCC

Anita L. Bradshaw, Minneapolis, MN, United Church of Christ, Mayflower United Church of Christ
Our congregation formally adopted a resolution not to have marriage licenses signed on the church property or by the clergy. We do religious marriage ceremonies and couples must go to a judge or justice of the peace or city hall for the civil marriage.

Rev. Pamela Shepherd, Ashland, Oregon, UCC, First Congregational UCC
We stopped signing licenses last January and the community has been very supportive. Why help the state discriminate?

Couple Support for the Refuse to Sign Campaign

We believe that all consenting adults should be afforded the same marriage rights regardless of their sexual orientation. We also believe that state-issued marriage license should only be signed by a recognized secular official of the state (e.g. a justice of the peace), but not by clergy. We also believe that the religious service, that unites our hearts in the eyes of God, should be performed separately from the signing of the state-issued license. Therefore, we covenant with one another, our pastor, and God to have our nuptials be a two-step process: we pledge to have a state official sign our license and will request that our pastor officiate at a religious wedding service to bless our marriage (separately). Our pastor will not sign our license.

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Will Nist, Cottonwood, az, Roman Catholic
My union of 23 years is just as valid an any other citizen.

Stephen C. and Nancy C. Farrand, Freeport, Maine, None

Lee Hammond, , MA, atheist

Kathryn White, Mount Ranier, Maryland, UU

Tim Johnson and Don Satterfield, Las Vegas, NV, Spiritual Humanism
Promote marriage, encourage love, work together to tear down the walls of hatred and ignorance. As a dedicated couple and as Metaphysical Ministers, we support Refuse to Sign until Equal Marriage as guaranteed under the Constitution is recognized in the US.

newton farmer, louisville, kentucky, episcopal
thank you

Stephanie Bencin, Brooklyn, NY, Ethical Culture

Kristina Krebs, Cleveland, oh, UCC

Clergy Support for the Refuse to Sign Campaign

We the undersigned ask you to sign the Clergy Covenant in support of the Refuse to Sign Campaign.

In good conscience, I am no longer able to function as an agent of the government by signing state-issued marriage licenses. This license is only afforded to a portion of the population, which results in a blatant act of prejudice and discrimination. In actuality, this violates the civil rights of all American citizens.

I believe that God proclaimed inclusivity and equality of human dignity. I believe that to sign a state-issued marriage license for one segment of the people of God, and not for everyone, is unjust and discriminatory. As a clergyperson committed to authentic ministry and called as a prophet, I will continue to call upon others to join in this bold position.

By signing this covenant, I join my sisters and brothers in the ministry who agree to either:

1. Not sign state-issued marriage licenses ever again.
2. Not sign state-issued marriage licenses for anyone until gay marriage is legal.
3. Not sign state-issued marriage licenses as a deliberate step toward the implementation of a two-step process that advocates for the separation of church and state. Those who subscribe to this view believe that any two, unmarried, consenting adults should be granted a “civil union” by the state, and then it is up to each church and/or denomination to determine if they will bless such unions and call them a marriage.

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Rev. John Tamilio III, Cleveland, Ohio, United Church of Christ

Rev. Tricia Gilbert, Cleveland, Ohio, United Church of Christ

Rev, Roland Stringfellow, Berkeley, CA, Pacific School of Religion

Rev. Jeffrey Spencer, Fremont, California, United Church of Christ
I'm promising #2(for now at least)

Rev. Jim Bundy, Charlottesville, Va., United Church of Christ

Don Portwood, Minneapolis, MN, United Church of Christ

Rev. Ashley C. Smith, Stephentown, NY, American Baptist Churches/USA & Alliance of Baptists
#3; NO clergyperson in the United States of America should say, or be sanctioned to say, "by the power vested in me by the State/Commonwealth" - clergy are not instruments of the state, and the state should not be able to vest any power in clergy.

Paul Read, Minneapolis, MN, Lutheran (ELCA)

Maureen Duffy-Boose, Salt Lake City, Utah, Unitarian Universalist Pagan
I am a Priestess of the Goddess and a Unitarian Universalist Pagan Minister, legally empowered to perform marriage ceremonies in the State of Utah. I will continue to perform marriage ceremonies that are strictly religious in nature, but will no longer perform "legal weddings" until that status is open to everyone regardless of sexual or gender orientation. Civil marriage is a civil right.

Robert E. DAhl, Holland, Michigan, United Church of Christ

Victoria Safford, Mahtomedi, Minnesota , Unitarian Universalist

Rev. Mia Baumgartner, Seattle, WA, Lutheran (ELCA)

Jan Griesinger, Athens, Ohio, UCC

Rev. Dave Bean, West Linn, Oregon, United Methodist
I support what you are doing and am thankful to find you and learn that we are not alone!

Barbara F. Nixon, Boise, Idaho, United Methodist

Rev. Rebecca Booher, Greensburg, PA, Unitarian Universalist

Rev. Pamela Shepherd, Ashland, Oregon, UCC

Dorothy Clark Brooks, Ashland 97520, Oregon , UCC

Rev. Tom Harris, Baltimore, MD, Presbyterian
#2!

Rev. Ron Garner, Wantagh, New York, United Church of Christ