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Deacon Wissam Akiki, who is married, rear center, is ordained into the priesthood during a ceremony at St. Raymond’s Maronite Cathedral Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in St. Louis. Akiki is the first married priest to be ordained by the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States in nearly a century. (AP Photo/Erin Stubblefield)

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Deacon Wissam Akiki, who is married, center left, is ordained into the priesthood during a ceremony at St. Raymond’s Maronite Cathedral Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in St. Louis. Akiki is the first married priest to be ordained by the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States in nearly a century. (AP Photo/Erin Stubblefield)

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Wissam Akiki, who is married, serves his daughter, Perla, communion after being ordained to the priesthood during a ceremony at St. Raymond’s Maronite Cathedral Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in St. Louis. Akiki is the first married priest to be ordained by the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States in nearly a century. (AP Photo/Erin Stubblefield)

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Gay rights protesters block the Senate hallway at the Idaho Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 in Boise, Idaho. In all, 46 people were arrested for misdemeanor trespassing, bringing the number of arrests this month during similar demonstrations at the Capitol to 122. (AP Photo/John Miller)