Earlier this year, at the winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, more than 80 mayors of U.S. cities signed the Freedom to Marry pledge in support of same-sex marriage rights. Democratic Mayor Mitch Landrieu was not among them. Asked by Gambit's Alex Woodward whether Landrieu supported same-sex marriage, administration spokesman Ryan Berni said Landrieu supported civil unions, but would not elaborate on Freedom to Marry.
Update: Mark Moseley's latest column on this matter explains with greater detail and precision the political trend I alluded to last night.
While I’m not claiming that gay marriage has been the driving force in American politics for the past decade, it’s very interesting to graph the change in national attitude alongside the electoral results over that same span. The issue has unseen importance, because it relates to the key tensions in the Republican Party. The GOP has a real problem on their hands with this one. Their libertarian and pragmatic moderate factions are increasingly pro-gay marriage. But Republican pols, who painted themselves into an ideological corner trying to appeal to the fundagelicals, will have to continue opposing gay marriage, as the rest of the country continues to “evolve” around them.
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