(And this is why I steer clear of anything resembling extended discussion.)

I disagree with you, but any response I try to write doesn't come out the way I want it to. By having a "secular" leader, yes, my religious rights are called into question.

To me, you either hold to your beliefs or you don't. If you claim to be a Christian and say it's okay for two men or two women to marry, you've gone against Christianity. If you're a Muslim and say you don't have to fast during Ramadan, you've gone against Islam. To ask someone to tolerate something that they believe is wrong is, in my opinion, asking too much.

I am not going to "disown" someone because their views are different than mine. I have friends that are gay, athiests, emo, liberal, economists, etc. and I love them to death. But if they believe something that I don't agree with, I won't compromise what I hold to be true in order to accomidate them.

EDIT: I'm done.