Why not? Why play into the sodomites hands? As an elected official he not only has the right but the responsibility to explain WHY homosexuals should not be afforded special privileges to marriage. I think his answer was correct. If he stuck to his guns he would help to sway lots of wishy washy idiots who don't understand what is so dangerous about giving into the sodomites.
We KNOW that thousands of men and women who where once active homosexuals have been, through prayer and treatment, are now in heterosexual relationships that are successful and sexually fulfilling.