Cdy McCa Com Out for Gay Marriage – NBC Connecticut

Contents:

• CDY MCCA COM OUT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• MEGHAN MCCA: 'BEG A REPUBLIN WHO SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE IS A BCH'
• MCCA ON GAY RIGHTS: NO MARRIAGE, NO ADOPTNS, NO HIV/AIDS PREVENTN PLAN
• ARIZONA GOP WANTS TO CENSURE CDY MCCA OVER GAY MARRIAGE, BIN SUPPORT
• MCCA DIDN'T PRENT THE FULL TTH ON GAY MARRIAGE POSN TO DEGENER
• MC AND GAY MARRIAGE
• MCCA'S WIFE, DGHTER BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• HOPEFULS DIFFER AS THEY REJECT GAY MARRIAGE
• MCCA'S ADULTERY COMPARED TO HIS GAY MARRIAGE STANCE
• MCCA OUT OF SYNC ON GAY MARRIAGE

CDY MCCA COM OUT FOR GAY MARRIAGE

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. 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.

MEGHAN MCCA: 'BEG A REPUBLIN WHO SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE IS A BCH'

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.

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

This article origally appeared the Washgton Bla and is ma available partnership wh the Natnal Gay Media Associatn.

It's a gay marriage muty the hoe of McCa. Followg dghter Meghan's footsteps, Cdy McCa, the wife of Republin senator and former GOP ndidate for print John McCa, has publicly joed the fight for same-sex marriag -- posg for a photograph for NOH8, a group fightg the ban on gay marriage California.

While lady McCa has quietly exprsed support for gay marriage the past, the photo reprents a dramatic spl om Sen. "I nnot help but to wonr if the 2008 Printial electns would have went differently if John McCa would have said that his fay supports gay marriage, " Baron wr.

ARIZONA GOP WANTS TO CENSURE CDY MCCA OVER GAY MARRIAGE, BIN SUPPORT

On a posive aspect, uld be te that not all republins are anti-gay marriage. McCa on gay marriage -- Sarah Pal, albe the oppose directn. "John McCa has typilly taken a more morate posn on the issue of gay marriage than nservative Republins, sayg is an issue of stat' rights, promptg his 2008 nng mate Sarah Pal to break wh him on the issue durg the mpaign, " she wr.

MCCA DIDN'T PRENT THE FULL TTH ON GAY MARRIAGE POSN TO DEGENER

Skip to Ma ContentMeghan McCa said that beg a Republin who supports gay marriage is a "bch" at an event sponsored by the Young Conservativ for the Freedom to Marry on Monday, Raw Story MSNBC ntributor and dghter of Sen. McCa joed Young Conservativ for the Freedom to Marry learship November May 2012, McCa qutned the scery of Print Barack Obama's support for gay marriage.

Rob Portman (R-Oh) announced he had reversed his stance on gay marriage rponse to his son, Will, g out two years ago. Days later, former Secretary of State Hillary Clton endorsed marriage equaly an announcement sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, signalg the rise of policians embracg Ameri's growg support of gay You GoGay Marriage In The Uned StatPopular the CommunyYou May Like.

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MC AND GAY MARRIAGE

23, the state party is expected to re-elect Ward as chair, acrdg to Arizona a of LGBTQ supportCdy McCa has publicly supported same-sex marriage sce 2010, when she posed for a photo for the NOH8 Campaign, a group that advot gay marriage. Followg his wife and dghter’s public support, John McCa issued a statement sayg that while he rpected his fay’s views, he still opposed gay marriage.

Until than a year after her ial NOH8 photo shoot, Cdy McCa appeared a public service announcement for the group llg for the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell, ” a feral policy that prohibed gays and lbians om servg openly the U.

Earlier this morng, Senator John McCa ma an appearance on The Ellen DeGener Show, where, as the AP noted, he was challenged to acunt for his stance on gay, who also oppos an amendment to the Constutn to ban same-sex unns, said people should be enuraged to enter to legal agreements, particularly for surance and other areas where cisns need to be, however, is glossg over the tth of his stance. Historilly, he has lent his voice to more divisively nservative posns on the issue, cludg unterg the belief that stat have the right to fe their own laws erng gay marriage. ]The reliably precise folks at Brave New Films have a vio where the whole matter of gay marriage rc McCa to hilar babblg, so, you've got that gog for you, too.

MCCA'S WIFE, DGHTER BACK GAY MARRIAGE

Democratic Club, a San Francis gay rights group.

HOPEFULS DIFFER AS THEY REJECT GAY MARRIAGE

It's worth keepg md that durg the 2004 marriage bate Congrs, McCa, who opposed the Feral Marriage Amendment maly on feralist grounds, also seemed to ridicule the notn that gay marriage would stroy civilizatn as we know whout some feral actn:But he said the cisn Massachetts to legalize same-sex marriag do "not reprent a ath knell to marriage.

MCCA'S ADULTERY COMPARED TO HIS GAY MARRIAGE STANCE

ABC broke to s daytime lp May 9, 2012, to announce a historic shift: the print of the Uned Stat clarg his personal support for gay marriage. While the print has nsistently supported civil rights for gay upl — pepperg his ments wh specifics such as hospal visatn, transfer of property and Social Secury benefs — his discsn of marriage has differed. I am not favor of gay marriage.

In 1996, as he ran for Illois state Senate, Chigo’s Outl gay newspaper asked ndidat to fill out a qutnnaire. Gay marriage? I am not a supporter of gay marriage as has been thrown about, primarily jt as a strategic issue.

"(But) is my obligatn not only as an elected official a pluralistic society, but also as a Christian, to rema open to the possibily that my unwillgns to support gay marriage is misguid, jt as I nnot claim fallibily my support of abortn rights. Still, a 2007 Democratic primary bate sponsored by a gay rights group and a gay-oriented ble TV channel, he spoke stead about his support for civil unns wh "all the benefs that are available for a legally sanctned marriage" — but not for legal regnn of "marriage" between same-sex upl.

MCCA OUT OF SYNC ON GAY MARRIAGE

He offered an explanatn that would prage his 2012 shift: "I thk that is an issue that I wrtle wh and thk about bee I have a whole host of iends who are gay partnerships.

I've always been adamant that — gay and lbian — Amerins should be treated fairly and equally. And I had hated on gay marriage — part, bee I thought civil unns would be sufficient. Obama, a nsistent supporter of civil rights for gay upl, neverthels said as early as 2004 and through 2008 that he didn’t support same-sex marriage.

Fox News, "OBAMA FLIP FLOPS ON GAY MARRIAGE, " May 9, 2012. POLITICO, "Evolve: Obama gay marriage quot, " May 9, 2012.