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No it does not....give the gays what they want to start with...divorce marriage licensing from wedding certificates. Change the name to Civil Unions, make the process similar to getting a building permit. Download documents, go to county clerks office and file notarized documents of a civil union, a permit will arrive in the mail in two to four weeks with the union effective the date your paperwork is filed and stamped by a clerk. State, county and local Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Judges and clerks will no longer be allowed to perform ceremonies during working hours, but some officials excluding clerks may perform ceremonies on their own time, but not be allowed to charge a fee. Churches perform weddings and provide a wedding certificate that recognizes your status as a married couple with in the communion of the church. While churches may assist couples in preparing paperwork, even notarized the paperwork, the couple must file the paperwork with the State themselves. Judges, Justice of the Peace, Sheriffs etc as officers of the State or Local government cannot perform ceremonies in churches or places of worship. In keeping with the intent of separating church and state. States can make allowance for wedding chapels etc, but they may not be protected if they refuse to marry gays. Business can contract with certain churches for services, do not contract with apostate organizations like episcopalian or evangelical lutherians. If a gay couple wants a cake for an episcopal ceremony, sorry I am not contracted to provide service with that organization. I am not a lawyer I am a bureaucrat, so I see this as protecting clerks and judges with religious concerns over gay unions (stop calling the marriages). Maybe a lawyer can weigh in. Send this to my State Legislators, they did not feel a need to reply, so I will not feel a need to vote for them either.