My city is in the midst of a gay rights fight right now. Last election, we passed an equal rights/gay rights ordinance (finally!) despite the efforts of one of the council members. Said council member is now running for Mayor under some Pro-family/anti-gay platform. His opponent is another council member, who is openly gay. Unfortunately, instead of focusing on what the city needs in order to move ahead and prosper, the big issue has been gay/anti-gay.