 Lois hears about Brian on TV , and then discovers that her parents do not love each other , and even raised her to believe that a heterosexual couple who hate each other have more of a right to marry than a homosexual couple who love each other . Horrified , Lois changes her mind on same @-@ sex marriage , deciding that gay couples who love each other have the right to be together . She returns to Quahog to convince Brian to free the mayor , saying that if he pursues this any further , he will be hurting his own cause . Brian agrees , and ends the hostage situation . Since it has distracted the town from the Dig ' Em scandal , Mayor West agrees to drop the ban on gay marriage . Brian gives him a key for a Volkswagen Scirocco , and West drops the hostage charges . Jasper and Ricardo get married in the backyard of the Griffin house . 
