Wonderful level of debate we have here. "Self loathing" and "hypocrite."
How exactly is he a hypocrite, by the way?
Yeah, he's not a hypocrite at all... if he went to Massachusetts to marry his partner, it'd be another story, but simply being gay and being against gay marriage isn't hypocritical.
As for "self-loathing", he could be, but that's not evidenced by anything here.
My guess is, he just wants to keep his seat. Good for him, I guess. I disagree with him, but I really don't care about his opinions, regardless of his orientation.