By the power invested in me by the state of Ohio, I now pronounce you… Never before have those words, ever spoken more loudly to me than on the day Proposition 8 was overturned in California. I live in Ohio, yet this vote affected me deeply and it became the driving force for me to support the Refuse to Sign campaign. As a clergy person, I had an extremely hard time in accepting the fact that 18,000 gay and lesbian couples in California marriages are now in jeopardy.