Another Gay Marriage Opponent Is Having Second Thoughts?

I have noted several times now how former National Organization for Marriage henchman Louis Marinelli has had an epiphany and now fully supports civil marriage for same sex couples. Indeed, he now argues that the U.S. Constitution requires nothing less. Now, the Portland Press Herald is reporting that Marc Mutty (pictured at Left) who led the anti-gay marriage forces and served as chairman of the Yes on 1 Campaign which ultimately rescinded same sex marriage in Maine,seems to be having second thoughts about the hate and bigotry he championed. Could it be that Mutty is worried that he'll be judged as he has judged others? Here are some highlights:
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Seventeen months after he led the charge to repeal Maine's same-sex marriage law, Marc Mutty is anything but a happy man. In fact, a soon-to-be-released documentary shows that even back in the fall of 2009, the chairman of the Yes on 1 campaign found himself tethered to an increasingly heavy conscience.
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"We use a lot of hyperbole and I think that's always dangerous," says Mutty during a Yes on 1 strategy session, at the time on leave from his job as public affairs director for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maine. "You know, we say things like 'Teachers will be forced to (teach same-sex marriage in schools)!' " he continues. "Well, that's not a completely accurate statement and we all know it isn't, you know?"
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[I]t is Mutty, sitting atop a campaign almost identical to the 2008 effort that beat back same-sex marriage in California, whose on-camera disclosures could well steal the show. "This has been a (double expletive). This has been awful. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it," a clearly exhausted Mutty says midway through the trailer.
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At another point, he laments, "I fear I'll be remembered for the work I did on this campaign." He even goes so far as to plead "for forgiveness for the ways in which I might have betrayed my own self in this endeavor.
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Of course, difficult as his life might become in the days ahead, this isn't all about Mutty. What about the hundreds of Maine couples who might be legally married right now had some 33,000 Mainers -- out of almost 570,000 who turned out -- voted the other way?
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I'm sorry, but I find it difficult to have any sympathy for Mutty. He had the opportunity to say "No" to the morally bankrupt leadership of the Catholic Church and he lacked the moral fiber to do it. Likewise, he could have refused to disseminate lies and untruths and to de-humanize others, and again he lacked the moral strength to do so. Will his despicable behavior haunt him in the future? Who knows, but if it does, Mutty brought it upon himself. If he wants to redeem himself, he needs to take notes from Marinelli and speak out loudly about his past misdeeds and call for a repeal of Maine's ban on same sex marriage. It's the least he can do for those he deliberately harmed.