"It may appear to the untrained eye that these two organizations are totally divided," she said, referring to EQCA and Courage. "I don't think that is true and I think MEUSA, in partnership with other organizations, can continue to move forward in a productive and synergistic fashion."

"Everyone agrees we can't wait and should be in motion now to restore marriage equality," McKay added.

McKay believes there are two key areas where marriage equality proponents can work together, regardless of whether they favor a ballot measure in 2010 or 2012. Those are: establishing a coalition leadership structure and research and focus group testing to refine messaging and ballot language.