From a Politico story on "President Obama's Marriage Muddle":

Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, who briefly served as director of the LGBT advocacy group Human Rights Campaign ...

“We are going lose in North Carolina today and that will make the POTUS campaign think they are right, and the activist crowd say now is the time for leadership,” Rosen said. “This thing gets messier as the election goes on. It is a function of the timing of the issue, not anyone’s fault.”