Aside from the media releases, can I ask you a couple things?
Do you think this mayor was really doing this because he cared? If so, I'd like to know why. At the time he did this, there were tons of news stories about him trying to climb his way up the party ladder and move on to governor and president.
As for how gay-marriage affected the presidency...
well I do think it did but it was amongg quite a few things and it was Democrats who upset the moderates and not just those that were conservative because they tried to push through such a change - and some may say for their own personal political careers and not out of the good of their hearts.
-Rudey