Question In Cathedral City

Will Cathedral City, which has a large LGBT community, elect a mayor who doesn't believe in marriage equality and should that matter?

Last year the Cathedral Council scheduled a vote on a resolution asking the US Supreme Court to strike

down Proposition 8. The vote was 3 in favor with Mayor Kathy DeRosa abstaining. City councilman and next town mayor Stan Henry was absent.

At the time I wrote an Op Ed for the local paper criticizing local councils getting involved in state and federal matters. I suggested that the vote in Cathedral City had more to do with councilman Greg Pettis's animosity towards the mayor than anything else. The scheduling was curious because the council knew Henry would not be there. I heard from several people that Stan Henry would have likely either abstained or voted against the resolution.

Earlier this year, I did see Stan Henry with Greg Pettis at the Equality California Awards ceremony. Maybe he has, like President Obama evolved on the issue.

While I still maintain that councils should stay on track for local issues, it will interesting to see if Stan Henry has to answer this question.