McCains (But Not John) Campaign for Gay Marriage
EmailABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports: The wife and daughter of prominent Republican Sen. John McCain have publicly joined the fight for gay marriage in California, appearing in a provocative photo campaign to support a repeal of Proposition 8 which banned the unions in 2008. The appearance by Cindy and Meghan McCain on the Web site of gay rights group “NOH8″ – wearing silver duct tape across their mouths and "NOH8" written on one cheek – puts the women in stark opposition to the views of their party and at odds with the Senator himself.
“We were shocked,” photographer Adam Bouska told The Advocate of Mrs. McCain’s offer to participate in the shoot. “We were in the studio from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. together, so it was really clear she understood [the issue].” When asked if the McCain women hinted whether John McCain might be changing his opposition to same-sex marriage, Bouska told the magazine, “Um, I got that impression. I don’t know that I should speak much about it, but I definitely got that impression.” Mr. McCain certainly did not signal any change in his views today when ABC News asked him about his wife and daughter’s participation in “NOH8.” “My wife and my family and I have our differences and we respect each others’ views and we have spirited conversations,” he said outside the Capitol. “I obviously have always been opposed to gay marriage. I support proposition 8.” McCain also supported a 2008 Arizona ballot measure that later became law, defining marriage as between one man and one woman in his home state. Cindy and Meghan McCain join fellow Republican and former Vice President Dick Cheney in diverging with their party’s views. In June 2009, Cheney, who has a gay daughter, said of same-sex marriages, “I don’t have any problem with that. People ought to get a shot at that.” The McCains’ high-profile endorsement also exceeds President Obama’s stated support for gay unions. During the 2008 campaign, then-candidate Obama said “I believe marriage is between a man and a woman… I’m not somebody who promotes same-sex marriage but I do believe in civil unions.”
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Cindy McCain has no business weighing-in on the subject of marriage, she is an unrepentant adulterer instrumental in breaking up John McCain’s first marriage. What hypocrisy for her to support gay marriage, she has no respect for the institution!
Posted by: Bill | January 21, 2010, 6:32 pm 6:32 pm
Way to go Cindy and Meghan…..nice to know that you stand for everyone’s rights, not just those who think they are somehow more deserving in their convoluted way of thinking!!!!! I have gained a lot of respect for you in knowing that you have taken a stand….
Posted by: finnegan | January 21, 2010, 9:29 pm 9:29 pm
Way to go Cindy & Meghan!
Posted by: Shelly | January 21, 2010, 9:33 pm 9:33 pm
Bill – don’t be such a drama queen.
Posted by: Al | January 21, 2010, 10:07 pm 10:07 pm
Cindy McCain has no business weighing-in on the subject of marriage, she is an unrepentant adulterer instrumental in breaking up John McCain’s first marriage. What hypocrisy for her to support gay marriage, she has no respect for the institution!
Posted by: Bill | Jan 21, 2010 6:32:22 PM
Kind of irritating huh Bill. Too bad for you. LOL It’s too funny really. The irony is just delicious. Yummm.
Posted by: Jim Bob | January 21, 2010, 10:10 pm 10:10 pm
BTW Bill, Johnny boy was an aduterer too. And just think, he was almost president.
Posted by: Jim Bob | January 21, 2010, 10:11 pm 10:11 pm
Bill is blaming Cindy instead of John Mc
Cain,the one who went astray ,commiting adultery, leaving his wife. You must be a republican, Bill.
Posted by: nobody's fool | January 21, 2010, 10:19 pm 10:19 pm
I don’t know how old Cindy is, but I sure hope I look that great in ten years, heck..I hope I look that good tomorrow morning after I put my make-up on..I don’t get the tape on the mouth though..what, she’s not allowed to voice her opinion? That’s a little over-the-top..it’s not like the communist Chinese are in charge here…yet.
Posted by: cindy | January 21, 2010, 10:26 pm 10:26 pm
I’m glad Mrs. McCain is standing for equality and not bigotry.
Posted by: agnosticsocialist | January 21, 2010, 10:58 pm 10:58 pm
Bill is a drama queen
Posted by: Horsk Monboona | January 21, 2010, 10:59 pm 10:59 pm
Bill – You act as if MR. McCain had nothing to do with the breakup of his first marriage. He could have turned Cindy away….. But the point is any straight “unrepentant adulterers” can marry, when not even the most monogamous and decent gay couples can.
Posted by: Ken | January 21, 2010, 11:21 pm 11:21 pm
Yay Cindy and Meghan!!!
Posted by: Girlie | January 21, 2010, 11:22 pm 11:22 pm
Cindy didn’t cheat on John’s 1st wife – he did. Good for her for having her own convictions.
Posted by: Sconnie | January 21, 2010, 11:39 pm 11:39 pm
Good for them and conservatives!
We PUMA couldn’t be prouder to see the warmth coming from the RIGHT.
Posted by: MissT | January 22, 2010, 12:07 am 12:07 am
Way to go, Cindy McCain! I wish more Republicans would embrace equality, liberty, and justice for all.
Posted by: Enenjay | January 22, 2010, 1:59 am 1:59 am
You know I voted for McCain and I am happy that he didn’t win now. Oh my God. A marriage is a man and a woman. What’s next a human and a dog. Give me a break. This isn’t an equality, liberty and justice issue at all. This is just plain WRONG!!!! A man and a woman and that’s it. If you want to have a same sex relationship then do what you have to do, but no way is that a marriage. Enough.
Posted by: J | January 22, 2010, 5:40 am 5:40 am
Merriam Webster
Adultery: voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man and someone other than his wife or between a married woman and someone other than her husband;
Cindy McCain was NOT married when she met John. HE was/is an adulterer, she is not.
She is also 100% right on gay marriage. He is not.
Posted by: Sam | January 22, 2010, 5:41 am 5:41 am
McCain also supported a 2008 Arizona ballot measure that later became law, defining marriage as between one man and one woman in his home state.
Posted by: alo.com | January 22, 2010, 5:54 am 5:54 am
So now the gays are using the hate issue to further their cause to get special consideration and benefits through marriage.
Ive always said: ‘give them an inch and they’ll take eight.
Posted by: tendergroins | January 22, 2010, 5:55 am 5:55 am
Meghan McCain needs to send me explicit photos so I can see first hand exactly what she supports in fem/fem marriages.
Posted by: Phil E. Drifter | January 22, 2010, 6:14 am 6:14 am
John McCain left his first wife after she got cancer, he threw her under a bus so he could endorse Cialis and get his old boner up for his 2nd wife.
How catholic is that? Puh-leeze.
Posted by: Phil E. Drifter | January 22, 2010, 6:15 am 6:15 am
This is such a was of tax dollars and time better spent focusing on other needs. Gays just want to be recognized by the government as a legal couple. Face the facts, John Mccain, the pope, you nor I can stop a gay couple from standing in front of an alter making the same promises a straight couple does. Proof? All you married people, when did you feel ‘married’ at the ceremony or when you sign the license.
Posted by: John | January 22, 2010, 6:22 am 6:22 am
I don’t believe in same-sex marriage either.WHAT next they will want their own talk-show. YES ELLEN I’m talking about, I notice how man-ish she is looking these days. Give them an inch and they take a mile. I don’t like it when it is in your face, kind of thing.LIVE LOVE LAUGH AND BE HAPPY. BUT noooooo marriage.
Posted by: Jedda | January 22, 2010, 6:24 am 6:24 am
live and let live i say, sen. mccain is the party of no,so what if they want to marry,this has been going on since time began…………..
Posted by: sj | January 22, 2010, 6:36 am 6:36 am
I like the post by “Al” blaming Cindy for the breakup of John’s first marriage? Get real Al. John McCain was a party animal who apparently didn’t care if he was married or not — he was gonna party.
Posted by: Ralp | January 22, 2010, 7:51 am 7:51 am
What do the McCains have to do with California?
One of the Congressmen from Maryland had a Senator dad that made sure the weakly-qualified son’s campaign got so much special-interest money from out of state that it swamped all the other candidates combined.
Now how much does that son feel he needs to pay attention to his constituents? Little. He knows who elected him.
There should be laws that state elections should involve people from that state. We don’t allow foreigners to actively campaign do we? Why out of state people for in-state-only concerns?
Posted by: The_Mick | January 22, 2010, 11:52 am 11:52 am
If people want to get married why not.
Posted by: Bill in NC | January 22, 2010, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm
What a stupid thing to do. Maybe she should have printed by the tape, no lies, meaning our politicans
Posted by: magnumdr | January 22, 2010, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm
Bill opined, “Cindy McCain has no business weighing-in on the subject of marriage, she is an unrepentant adulterer instrumental in breaking up John McCain’s first marriage. What hypocrisy for her to support gay marriage, she has no respect for the institution!”
Using this logic, anyone who has ever cheated OR BEEN DIVORCED has no business getting involved in this argument. Right, Bill?
Posted by: SearamblerOne | January 22, 2010, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm
Who cares? People are acting as if this is some great coupe for the no on 8 prop. A coupe was when YES on 8 got the King of all gays – Elton John – to say that why would gays want to marry? We have civil unions – marriage is between a man and a woman.
The HATE is coming from the people supporting the No on * campaign. They have gotten away with the very things they are fighting against.
Such crap – the things they can get away with but when a yes on 8 person speaks their mind it’s hate – but when no on 8 people chase a business owner and key people’s car, shooting out church windows that supported 8 it’s not hate?
Posted by: Dave | January 22, 2010, 5:16 pm 5:16 pm
While controversial I think most American minds will be on the economy, jobs and health care issues for the next election. I am not diminishing the weight of this topic only that most minds have their priorities elsewhere.
Posted by: arizona dentist | January 22, 2010, 6:24 pm 6:24 pm
I admire the McCain ladies for speaking out. I am also pleased to hear that VP Cheney finally agrees with Pres. Obama on an issue. John McCain is one of the worst people to talk about the sanctity of marriage between a man and woman. When his first wife got disfigured in an accident, he dumped her cold and resumed playing the field. Okay for an
unmarried guy, but not for a married man.. After playing around he married up for the money. His wife’s money & influence help keep him in office. And he denies such. There is more sanctity in marriage between same sex couples. McCain should meet the Cheneys. He and aldulterer Palin.
Posted by: alan kardoff | January 22, 2010, 9:38 pm 9:38 pm
Glad to know that Mrs. McCain understands the importance of respecting the diversity of human sexuality and helps raise the public awareness of human equality.
Posted by: Ya-ti | January 23, 2010, 12:53 am 12:53 am
yawn…are we still debating “gay marriage” ?..Enanjay’s asinine analogy that a human marrying a dog would be next..please !!!! how about “live and let live”…let’s worry about real issues like health care…the people in Haiti..I could care less what two consenting adults do in their bedrooms..also it’s none of my business
Posted by: Jeffrey | January 23, 2010, 5:32 am 5:32 am
these two ladies are just bullying mr mccain in his home.Issues of equality are driving some people foolishly mad.the two can as well marry each other to prove a point! I dont like fancy gay marriage and it shouldnt be forced on people.
Posted by: Allman Tawaski | January 24, 2010, 12:07 am 12:07 am
Cindy and Meghan McCain you are the best. Keep up the good work. Perhaps the GOP does not like you. Who cares!!!!!!
Posted by: Liza | January 24, 2010, 6:41 pm 6:41 pm
Bill,
That is the past. Now is 2010. Let’s think about the future. Move on!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: francis | January 24, 2010, 6:43 pm 6:43 pm
Cindy and Meghan are very brave for taking a stand for what they and many others believe is right, especially since they are such a high profile family of conservatives that were nearly in the White House. Good for them, we need more people willing to take a stand in the face of opposition coming from their peers and even family. Marriage should be between two loving, consenting people… and thats it. Marriage should not be taken lightly, it is meant to be a lifelong commitment. As long as the people involved know and understand this then there should be no reason why ANY two people, same sex or not, should not be able to marry.
Posted by: Ken N. | January 25, 2010, 11:06 am 11:06 am