Mara Jomphe, from Virginia, left, and Alli Tevyaw, from Illinois, foreground right, react as they and others take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square on Monday Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Alexandra Esquivel, left, and her aunt Anna Ramos, right, both from Arizona, attend the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Tashane O'Haver, from Texas, left, and Mara Jomphe, from Virginia, right, stand in New York's Times Square as they take part in the New Year's Eve festivities Monday Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Yayoi Okayama, from Japan, left, Ziporah Choice, from New Jersey, foreground right, and others take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Tatiana Rakotovazaha, from Madagascar, foreground left, Aurielle Williams, from Kansas, center, and Yayoi Okayama, from Japan, foreground right, dance as they take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square on Monday Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 2013 - In this Sunday Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the Rev. Boon Lin Ngeo, foreground center, shares a moment of personal prayer with members of the congregation during Communion at the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 2013 - In this Sunday Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the Rev. Pat Bumgardner, standing, leads the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 2013 - In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the Rev. Boon Lin Ngeo, left, his husband Phineas Newborn, second from left, and Julio Rivera, second from right, join hands during the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 2013 - In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the Rev. Pat Bumgardner, foreground left, shares a moment of personal prayer with Tonie Boykin during Communion at the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 2013 - In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the Rev. Boon Lin Ngeo, right, delivers his sermon during the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 2013 - In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, congregants, including Phineas Newborn, foreground right, worship at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, congregants, including Phineas Newborn, foreground right, worship at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the Rev. Boon Lin Ngeo, right, delivers his sermon during the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the Rev. Pat Bumgardner, foreground left, shares a moment of personal prayer with Tonie Boykin during Communion at the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the Rev. Boon Lin Ngeo, left, his husband Phineas Newborn, second from left, and Julio Rivera, second from right, join hands during the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

In this Sunday Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the Rev. Pat Bumgardner, standing, leads the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

In this Sunday Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the Rev. Boon Lin Ngeo, foreground center, shares a moment of personal prayer with members of the congregation during Communion at the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)