it was an anchor around the neck for candidates up and down the ticket. happy to say for the first time in the history of the party, there was a very healthy debate in those platform sessions on doma, the defense of marriage act, making sure that it wasn t supported in the platform. there is also debate about having civil unions. it failed. however, that said, there was a really healthy debate. elections have consequences. we, the party writ large, the republican party writ large, is looking in many after-action reviews on where do we go. safe to say we re already seeing with state parties, i m a member of the state party in the district of columbia. our platform actually endorses same sex marriage. so you re going to see this in different states but it s going to take a lot of work. it won t happen in a few months. this is part of a broader growth project not only with log cabin republicans but many other ancillary groups within the republican party and the guidance that i would provi