Since Fr. Martin was mentioned in this piece as a parishioner of St. Ignatius Loyola and since he has a piece about building bridges with the gay community which should start with not firing gay employees, I think it bears mentioning that St. Ignatius' former musician, the very talented Kent Tritle, felt the need to leave St. Ignatius as soon as New York state legalized gay civil marriage. He had been with his partner for many years and naturally wanted to take advantage of the 1138 rights and privileges that come with civil marriage. That meant, of course, leaving St. Ignatius for fear of being fired for causing "scandal." Thankfully, Kent landed on his feet in a much better place: the great Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, which welcomed him and his husband with open arms. There he felt no fear of being fired simply for being married. He alluded to this in a New York Times interview back in 2011 though never came right out and said so, for obvious reasons. St. Iggy's loss.