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Sure it did. Presumably there were people who wanted to create more lines and people who though federal funding of that would be appropriate. Because of his person moral views, views that he recognized are not nearly universal, he prohibited it.
In my view, a president, when in such a situation has only one reasonable option: punt it to congress.
"Because of my religious and moral views I can not endorse federal funding of that nature. However, this is an issue still very much up for debate and reasonable people can disagree. Therefore, I ask Congress to tackle this issue and try to find the will of the people. While I personally stand on one side of this issue, I will accept their answer for that is their role."
Considering that second sentence is pretty much how Bush started the address to the nation where he announced the prohibition, the next two sentences seem very reasonable to me.
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