My boss, who is a former local Rat office holder, told me the exact same thing yesterday. I'll never understand why the big Zero didn't wait until after the election to come out with this. Hell, it's not like the queers were going to go vote for anyone else.
Because homosexuals are probably per capita by far the wealthiest part of Obama’s base and they were threatening not to donate. Obama still tried to straddle the fence, saying he’s for gay marriage but not proposing any legislation or executive order for it. That part of his message went unheard though. We would know better, but the unwashed masses might have bought it like many bought the “compromise” on birth control. But the media was too overjoyed with his declaration to parse his words at all that way. Obviously he knew it was a risky move that he could straddle the fence, but he needed that money, including from his big Hollywood pot luck the very next day.