Growg up Republin don't make standg up for opposnal views easy. But for Cdy and Meghan McCa, their cisn to publicly support equal gay rights for the NOH8 mpaign had ltle to do wh hband and father John McCa's polil motiv — had to do wh their morals.
Contents:
- CDY MCCA COM OUT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
- ARIZONA GOP WANTS TO CENSURE CDY MCCA OVER GAY MARRIAGE, BIN SUPPORT
- IS CDY MCCA ACTUALLY A GAY "HERO"?
- CDY MCCA, GAY MARRIAGE ADVOTE
- CDY MCCA POSE POUR DéFENDRE LE MARIAGE GAY
- CDY MCCA REACTS TO ARIZONA GOP’S PLAN TO CENSURE HER FOR SUPPORTG JOE BIN AND GAY MARRIAGE: ‘I THK I’M GOG TO MAKE T-SHIRTS’ — WATCH
- MCCA'S WIFE, DGHTER BACK GAY MARRIAGE
- THE LADI MCCA TACKLE GAY RIGHTS WH NOH8
- CDY MCCA ENDORS NOH8 GAY MARRIAGE MPAIGN
CDY MCCA COM OUT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
The state GOP's first reason listed for censurg her is "supported leftist such as gay marriage." * cindy mccain gay *
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
The wife of John McCa ws a prize for supportg the gay muny. Were actual gay people by that night? * cindy mccain gay *
On a posive aspect, uld be te that not all republins are anti-gay marriage.
IS CDY MCCA ACTUALLY A GAY "HERO"?
When I first saw Cdy McCa’s strikg Prop 8 ad, I assumed was favor of the legislatn banng gay marriage California. This is a woman who exus upper-cst tradnalism. Of urse she would be agast gay marriage. So I was shocked when I found out the ad is for gay marriage. I’m […] * cindy mccain gay *
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.
CDY MCCA, GAY MARRIAGE ADVOTE
Cdy McCa has livered a sharp rebe to the ary's "don't ask don't tell" policy -- and her hband, one of the policy's leadg supporters -- a new anti-bullyg vio sponsored by a California gay and lbian rights group. * cindy mccain gay *
While the ma reason for the planned censure is McCa’s support for Print-elect Joe Bin (D), the first reason mentned the censure rolutn c that she “supported leftist such as gay marriage. 23, part bee of her support for Print-elect Joe Bin and for same-sex proposal, which seeks to “dissolve any nnectns whatsoever” between McCa and the state GOP, says she “has supported leftist such as gay marriage, growth of the admistrative state, and others that n unter to Republin valu, a Republin form of ernment, and the U. 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.
CDY MCCA POSE POUR DéFENDRE LE MARIAGE GAY
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. This week, Cdy McCa me to New York to pick up her Trevor Hero Award, an award om the gay youth crisis center the Trevor Project to honor someone who's supported the gay muny.
For five nsecutive years, the prize went to an openly gay celebry (cludg the playwright Tony Khner and the Broadway star Nathan Lane); the past three years, the Trevor Project has honored "Harry Potter" actor Daniel Radcliffe and pop sgers Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, the songstrs behd not-exactly-sensive hs like "Ur So Gay" and "I Kissed a Girl. Clearly, the anizatn is aimg to open the tent to broadly famo dividuals; Cdy McCa, who's posed for a "NO H8" photo and spoken publicly about her support of gay rights, may not exactly have done as much as the wrer of "Angels Ameri" on behalf of gays, but the parallel-universe-first lady may be more of a marquee name.
CDY MCCA REACTS TO ARIZONA GOP’S PLAN TO CENSURE HER FOR SUPPORTG JOE BIN AND GAY MARRIAGE: ‘I THK I’M GOG TO MAKE T-SHIRTS’ — WATCH
Michael Bronski, the Profsor of the Practice the Studi of Women, Genr, and Sexualy at Harvard and thor of "'You Can Tell Jt By Lookg': And 20 Other Myths About LGBT Life and People, " told Salon: "Natnal lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr anizatns are mted to promote acceptance, but they're also mted to fundraisg.
MCCA'S WIFE, DGHTER BACK GAY MARRIAGE
Would you be dog this story if the award went to a gay activist om Mneapolis? McCa's prence at an awards ceremony, along wh that of her pro-gay dghter Meghan might drive to a very worthy e, stck Bronski as somewhat surreal that McCa was to be honored for a photo shoot and a public ment.
Lda Hirshman, a lawyer and activist and the thor of "Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolutn, " took a more sympathetic view; alli like Cdy McCa, she said, are important to changg mds on a fluid issue and shouldn't be exclud for their mor-key activism or for their ti to Republins. "I myself am personally very radil, " Hirshman said, "but I believe that the gay revolutn me om a place of such stunng margalizatn and disempowerment that you uldn't possibly make those chang. There are social movements that uld make radil change; the gay revolutn shouldn't be cricized for not dog all at once.
Comparg the gay movement, on which opns are still changg, to the lcified discsn surroundg abortn, Hirshman noted: "In the gay revolutn, I don't thk all the work of rhetoril change has been done yet. After all, 's not as though the gay movement is a posn to turn away anyone, liberal or nservative, who's willg to pose for a photo shoot or speak out, at whatever level of mment. We need more Cdy McCas, " wrote Richard Soris, Whe Hoe adviser unr Print Clton and gay-rights advote, via email.
THE LADI MCCA TACKLE GAY RIGHTS WH NOH8
But, spe her apparent draw as a Trevor Project figurehead and her abily to get reporters (this one clud) typg, there's one thg Cdy McCa hasn't been able to do yet on behalf of the gay muny. When I first saw Cdy McCa’s strikg Prop 8 ad, I assumed was favor of the legislatn banng gay marriage California.
CDY MCCA ENDORS NOH8 GAY MARRIAGE MPAIGN
Of urse she would be agast gay marriage. So I was shocked when I found out the ad is for gay marriage. The cisn has partly been chalked up to the fluence of Cdy’s dghter Meghan, a vol gay marriage proponent who’s stirred up her own ntroversy this week by agreeg to speak at Gee Washgton Universy’s upg “Gay Marriage Equaly Week.
” (This actually isn’t the first time Meghan has reced her mom the gay rights e). As Stephanie Mencimer reports the current issue of Mother Jon, the GOP is creasgly g up agast s young ntgent of gay marriage supporters. Cdy McCa a rejot la liste s personnalés ayant posé pour la mpagne prottatn silencise à l'opposn mariage gay.