"I am going to be mayor of a township where there are 258 villages full of tough country people, who don't necessarily have much information on what's happening elsewhere, and have even less of an automatic sympathy with their gay mayor."
Somewhat? Very machisto, I would say. I am going to be mayor of a township (roughly equivalent to a U.S. county) where there are 258 villages full of tough country people, who don't necessarily have much information on what's happening elsewhere, and have even less of an automatic sympathy with their gay mayor [...] But — It's not like I'm going to paint city hall pink, either.
Although he is openly gay, Medrano doesn't support many of the LGBT movement's main goals.
Medrano said of the movement toward marriage equality:
I'm not in favor of gay marriage, I don't share that view, because we are still very small town ... in short, we're not prepared, in my view. Not yet, anyway, because we have strong roots in our religion, and in our customs.
He does, however, urge all politicians to come out of the closet.
