McCa A Movg Target On Gay Issu

Contents:

• MCCA ON GAY RIGHTS: NO MARRIAGE, NO ADOPTNS, NO HIV/AIDS PREVENTN PLAN
• IN THEIR OWN WORDS: MCCA, OBAMA ON ‘GAY RIGHTS’
• MCCA A MOVG TARGET ON GAY ISSU
• YOUTUBE AD SUGGTS JOHN MCCA SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
• JOSE ANTON VARGAS ON JOHN MCCA: GAY UNDOCUMENTED JOURNALIST CRICIZ SENATOR'S IMMIGRATN STANCE (VIDEO)

MCCA ON GAY RIGHTS: NO MARRIAGE, NO ADOPTNS, NO HIV/AIDS PREVENTN PLAN

An early tt for McCa on LGBT issu durg his reer the Senate me 1993, when lawmakers were batg gays the ary rponse to then-Print Clton’s ll to lift the admistrative ban on their service.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: MCCA, OBAMA ON ‘GAY RIGHTS’

LGBT activists, cludg the then-publishers of the Washgton Bla, threatened to out Kolbe over his vote, but Kolbe pre-empted them by g out as gay. In an terview Sunday wh the Arizona-based Kronke News, Kolbe said havg McCa’s support when g out as gay was important.

(Ironilly, the Arizona amendment 2006 was the first anti-gay marriage amendment to fail at the ballot, although voters the state rrected that by passg a different versn of the amendment 2008.

Notably, McCa when asked to intify a gay role mol chose 9/11 hero Mark Bgham, who helped lead passengers divertg Uned Airl Flight 93 om the terrorists’ tend target of the U. Hayworth, McCa was the biggt opponent of endg the prohibn on gays the ary and fought aggrsively agast changg the policy. This article origally appeared the Washgton Bla and is ma available partnership wh the Natnal Gay Media Associatn.

MCCA A MOVG TARGET ON GAY ISSU

John McCa, who once lled the vote to allow gays to serve openly the ary a “sad day, ” is now, jt six years later, emergg as a firewall agast GOP efforts to ero LGBT protectns the hotly bated fense rethorizatn bill. McCa, chairman of the Senate Armed Servic Commtee, has a measure that don’t clu the exemptns - a move that is beg ld by gay rights John McCa, R-Ariz.

”The discsn on LGBT-related amendments to the fense policy bill ls than a week after a gunman opened fire a gay nightclub Orlando a shootg spree that left 49 ad and 53 others jured. Related: Vote on Hoe Floor Over LGBT Rights Turns UglyThe change McCa’s tone on gay rights is jt unr a , the seasoned lawmaker and rated Vietnam War veteran has gone om beg reviled by the LGBT muny for his impassned opposn to gay and lbian soldiers servg openly to supportg Eric Fanng, who is openly gay, his historic bid to bee secretary of the April, McCa took to the Senate floor to plead wh his iend and lleague, Sen. Related: Eric Fanng, First Openly Gay Army Secretary, Confirmed by U.

And he was vol his cricism of an Arizona measure to allow relig exemptns for bs to refe servic to gays and is facg a tough re-electn challenge om Ann Kirkpatrick, a Democrat. Discrimatn agast gays is now a big loser polilly most stat, and that even clus Arizona - which is not nearly as nservative as ed to be, ” said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Polics at the Universy of, gay rights advot and their alli say they are buoyed by McCa’s reposng.

YOUTUBE AD SUGGTS JOHN MCCA SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

RelatedGay RightsGay MarriageAdoptnEllen DeGenerU. (Washgton, DC) – In a wi-rangg terview wh the Washgton Bla, a leadg gay newspaper, Sen. John McCa reerated his longstandg support for gay and lbian Amerins and asked for their vot November.

JOSE ANTON VARGAS ON JOHN MCCA: GAY UNDOCUMENTED JOURNALIST CRICIZ SENATOR'S IMMIGRATN STANCE (VIDEO)

"This is a great day for everyone who r about basic fairns for gay and lbian Amerins, " said Log Cab Print Patrick Sammon. McCa's outreach to gay and lbian voters is unprecented om a GOP printial ndidate.

"The gay left has been tryg to fe John McCa as another Gee W.

Bh on gay issu. The wi-rangg terview touched on many issu, cludg the Senator's personal iendships wh gay people, his hirg polici, the HIV/AIDS epimic, and the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law, among others.

He also says he's willg to review the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law banng gay Amerins om servg hontly our natn's ary. On whether he'd nomate a gay Supreme Court jtice, bet member or other official, Sen. On the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law, which bans gay and lbian Amerins om servg hontly the ary, McCa said:.

"Gay and lbian people should not face discrimatn the workplace. I support the ncept of non-discrimatn hirg for gay and lbian people.

On the HIV/AIDS crisis and s disproportnate affect on gay men:. Recent CDC statistics show that gay men ntue to be strongly impacted by the disease, and the disease is disproportnately affectg people of lor.

On his iendship wh openly gay former Congrsman Jim Kolbe (R-AZ):.

Baptist Prs recent weeks has spotlighted the issu of abortn, Iraq the Supreme Court, the energy crisis and immigratn, BP tak a look at the ndidat’ posns on “gay rights. — McCa on the California Supreme Court’s May lg legalizg “gay marriage”: “I believe they were wrong, and I strongly support prervg the unique stat of marriage between man and woman.

— McCa on the proposed California marriage amendment (Proposn 8), which would overturn the state Supreme Court’s lg legalizg “gay marriage”: “I support the efforts of the people of California to regnize marriage as a unique stutn between a man and a woman, jt as we did my home state of Arizona. — McCa on the Feral Defense of Marriage Act, which giv stat the optn of not regnizg another state’s “gay marriage” licens and prevents the feral ernment om regnizg “gay marriage”: “I supported the Defense of Marriage Act adopted by Congrs and signed to law by Print Clton 1996.

— McCa on the ary’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, which prevents homosexuals om servg openly: “I recently had a nversatn wh some other ary lears on this issue and their pot to me was ‘It’s workg, so leave alone.