Was it an epiphany on the way to Damacus that led to a Ramsey Resolution putsch, or was it just attention to precedent?

There is this -

 

From East Bethel website  -- 

https://www.ci.east-bethel.mn.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5524  --  at p99-100 of 108

 At the May 11 East Bethel council meeting passage was reported as smooth and bump free. https://www.hometownsource.com/abc_newspapers/abc_newspapers/east-bethel-will-keep-flying-1983-flag/article_96cdb299-edef-43ce-baec-02e854883462.html