McCain Backs Arizona Gay Marriage Amendment
McCain backs ban on gay marriage (Associated Press)
More than a year before the general election, U.S. Sen. John McCain is backing an initiative that would change Arizona's Constitution to ban gay marriages and deny government benefits to unmarried couples.
The Republican senator is the most prominent Arizonan to add his voice to what has become a flurry of measures competing for a place on the state's Nov. 7, 2006, ballot.
A McCain staffer said it was the first time the senator had been formally asked to support the marriage amendment and the first chance he had to meet with supporters.
The amendment "would allow the people of Arizona to decide on the definition of marriage in our state," McCain said in a statement Thursday.
If anybody was still wondering if Sen. McCain is running for President, that question was just answered. He was already the frontrunner, but social conservatives distrust him and (as he well knows) they matter in the primaries. This may -- may -- make them less wary of him.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/29/05 22:35 | American Politics | Technorati
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Did you notice just how noncommital the endorsement was? He supports an initiative to put it on the ballot that "would allow the people of Arizona to decide on the definition of marriage in our state." I wonder if he knows the definition of "is".
Posted by Tom Hanna @ 22:58 on 08/29/05
Heh, you noticed that too? That's why I purposely put the extra "may" between dashes. :)
Posted by Kevin @ 09:03 on 08/30/05
I still don't trust the guy. Too wishy washy and too interested in media-love.
Posted by Anne @ 10:00 on 08/30/05
If he or Mike "I appoint cattle thieves to state election boards" Huckabee gets the nom, I am considering, for the first time since Jerry "Flat-Tax" Brown, voting for a Democrat.
But only if the race is close here in Missouri.
Posted by Mr. Hutchison @ 12:32 on 08/30/05
If you believe the national surveys, McCain and Mayor Rudy are the frontrunners. And Guiliani is pro-gay, pro-choice and anti-gun. McCain is pro-family, pro-life and pro-gun.
Given that choice, McCain wins.
However, look for one conservative to break out of the pack and challenge these two (Brownback, George Allen, Mike Huckabee, who knows.... remember at this time four years ago nobody had heard of Howard Dean).
Time will tell, But right now McCain is better than some, but not as good as others.
Let's wait and see.
Posted by Aaron @ 15:18 on 08/31/05
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