It occurred to Reverend Lewis that if he could bless an omelette, he could certainly bless two people's love. The Quakers in Durham, North Carolina faced a tough challenge in the form of Don Markle. When the meeting was asked to decide whether or not they would perform same-sex marriages, they tried to discern the will of God, but found an immovable obstacle in Markle. Markle came from a fundamentalist background and believed the Bible to be the inerrant word of God. Friends believe that God is in everyone and that you must carefully listen to every person.
Quakers believe no one sees the whole truth, but individuals see only part of the truth.
By coming together, you see the whole picture. Markle became the meeting's lone holdout over the issue and eventually left the meeting. They like to believe that diversity is their strength so they can incorporate divergent points of view, but that is premised on the belief in the system itself which Don lacked. Don believed an open mind was an invitation to sin so he did not try to incorporate other ideas. That seems to be the attitude of the mainstream church at large.