FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2009, file photo, District of Columbia city councilman David Catania, center, talks with supporters after a ceremony where the District of Columbia mayor signed legislation legalizing same sex marriage in Washington. Catania, a former Republican running as an independent, will face fellow D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser in the general election for mayor in November 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)