Is Cdy McCa actually a gay "hero"? |

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

IS CDY MCCA ACTUALLY A GAY "HERO"?

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. 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. Would you be dog this story if the award went to a gay activist om Mneapolis?

CDY MCCA, GAY MARRIAGE ADVOTE

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.

CDY MCCA POSE POUR DéFENDRE LE MARIAGE GAY

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.

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

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.

MCCA'S WIFE, DGHTER BACK GAY MARRIAGE

We need more Cdy McCas, " wrote Richard Soris, Whe Hoe adviser unr Print Clton and gay-rights advote, via email. 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. 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).

THE LADI MCCA TACKLE GAY RIGHTS WH NOH8

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. WHEREAS, ​ Cdy Hensley McCa, the wife of the late Arizona US Senator John McCa, 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 US Constutn;WHEREAS, ​ Cdy McCa has failed to support Conservative Republin ndidat such as Print Tmp; WHEREAS, ​ Cdy McCa has supported globalist polici and ndidat, cludg Democrats such as Joe Bin, direct opposn to Republin valu, the terts of the Amerin people, and the Constutn of the Uned Stat;WHEREAS, ​ Cdy McCa has nmned Print Tmp for his cricism of her hband and erroneoly placed behavrs over actual printial rults; andNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, ​ that Arizona Republin Party members meetg at their January 23, 2021 Meetg Phoenix, Arizona, hereby object to Cdy McCa beg a member of the Republin Party and officially censure her;FURTHER, ​ the Republin Party the State of Arizona agre to dissolve any nnectns whatsoever to Cdy McCa.

CDY MCCA ENDORS NOH8 GAY MARRIAGE MPAIGN

Cdy McCa, the wife of 2008 Republin printial nomee John McCa, and their dghter Meghan have posed for photos endorsg pro-gay marriage forc McCa appears wh silver duct tape across her mouth and "NOH8" wrten on one cheek a photo posted Wednday to the Web se of NOH8, a gay rights group opposed to Proposn 8. The ballot measure passed by California voters 2008 bans same-sex McCas' dghter Meghan, who has been outspoken her support for gay rights, has also endorsed NOH8. Cdy McCa ntacted NOH8 and offered to pose for the photo endorsement, the Web se McCa's office said a statement that the Arizona senator rpects the views of members of his fay but remas opposed to gay marriage.

Pal has been a vol opponent of gay marriage. She chose as her fom a new anti-bullyg public service vio sponsored by a California gay and lbian rights group. "Her appearanc, totalg ls than 15 sends the two and a half mute film, are terspersed between those of other celebri, who also cry polici and attus that ndone anti-gay bullyg.