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Contents:

• MCCA'S WIFE, DGHTER BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• PAL BREAKS WH MCCA ON GAY MARRIAGE
• 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
• JOHN MCCA & SAME-SEX/GAY MARRIAGE NEWS MONORG
• JOHN MCCA’S WIFE POS FOR PRO-GAY “MARRIAGE” WEBSE
• IN THEIR OWN WORDS: MCCA, OBAMA ON ‘GAY RIGHTS’
• OBAMA, MCCA DIFFER GREATLY ON GAY RIGHTS, AN INTERVIEW WH CONGRSWOMAN BALDW
• JOHN MCCA ON GAY ADOPTN, MARRIAGE, THE INTER
• MCCA’S WIFE, DGHTER BACK GAY MARRIAGE MOVEMENT
• YOUTUBE AD SUGGTS JOHN MCCA SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

MCCA'S WIFE, DGHTER BACK 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.

PAL BREAKS WH MCCA ON GAY MARRIAGE

(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.

CDY MCCA COM OUT FOR GAY MARRIAGE

This article origally appeared the Washgton Bla and is ma available partnership wh the Natnal Gay Media Associatn. Senate Republins stggle bid to pass gay marriage ban. Senators bate the amendment banng gay marriage.

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.

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

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.

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

Pal has been a vol opponent of gay marriage.

JOHN MCCA & SAME-SEX/GAY MARRIAGE NEWS MONORG

Republin vice printial nomee Sarah Pal says she supports a nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage, a break wh John McCa who has said he believ stat should be left to fe what marriage is.

20, 2008, 10:08 PM UTC / Source: The Associated PrsRepublin vice printial nomee Sarah Pal says she supports a nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage, a break wh John McCa who has said he believ stat should be left to fe what marriage an terview wh Christian Broadstg Network, the Alaska ernor said she had voted 1998 for a state amendment banng same sex marriage and hoped to see a feral ban on such unns.

I don't support gay marriage, " Pal said. She said she believed tradnal marriage is the foundatn for strong, an Arizona senator, is supportg a ballot iative his state this year that would ban gay marriage.

JOHN MCCA’S WIFE POS FOR PRO-GAY “MARRIAGE” WEBSE

But he has nsistently and forcefully opposed a feral marriage amendment, sayg would urp stat' thory on such ernor, Pal vetoed a bill that would have nied benefs to the partners of gay state employe.

In a bate wh Democratic rival Joe Bin, Pal said she was "tolerant" of gays and said she supported certa legal protectns for same-sex upl, like hospal visatn the CBN terview, Pal also said she would speak out if she heard a supporter at a rally yell vlent or threateng ments about Barack Obama, the Democratic printial nomee. 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.

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

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. The shift happened, he said, after his son, Will, me out to him as gay.

Meghan joed the learship mtee of the Young Conservativ for the Freedom to Marry last November, a group workg to build support for gay marriage among a younger generatn of nservativ. “And by the way, ” he told Cooper, who is gay, “I have admired your forward posn and stand on this issue.

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.

OBAMA, MCCA DIFFER GREATLY ON GAY RIGHTS, AN INTERVIEW WH CONGRSWOMAN BALDW

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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January 22, 2010 () – Cdy McCa, the wife of former Republin printial ndidate Senator John McCa, has joed a mpaign supportg same-sex “marriage” by havg her picture taken for the mpaign’s webse, and has prompted the senator to issue a clarifyg statement reaffirmg his opposn to gay “marriage. “The senator chaired the effort to succsfully pass Arizona Proposn 102, the Marriage Protectn Amendment, and his opposn to gay marriage remas the same. Democratic Club, a San Francis gay rights group.

JOHN MCCA ON GAY ADOPTN, MARRIAGE, THE INTER

Meghan McCa – the dghter of the 2008 Printial ndidate, who had anti-gay Sarah Pal as his nng mate – was jubilant at the news.

Meghan McCa is no stranger to public profany, jokg last year: “Beg a Republin who supports gay marriage is a b**ch”. 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’S WIFE, DGHTER BACK GAY MARRIAGE MOVEMENT

— 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.

— McCa on gay adoptn: “I thk that we’ve proven that both parents are important the succs of a fay so, no I don’t believe gay adoptn” (terview, The New York Tim, July 13, 2008) OBAMA— Obama on the fn of marriage: “I believe that marriage is the unn between a man and a woman.

YOUTUBE AD SUGGTS JOHN MCCA SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

— Obama on the California Supreme Court’s May lg legalizg “gay marriage”: “Barack Obama has always believed that same-sex upl should enjoy equal rights unr the law, and he will ntue to fight for civil unns as Print. — Obama on the proposed California marriage amendment (Proposn 8), which would overturn the state Supreme Court’s lg legalizg “gay marriage”: “I oppose the divisive and discrimatory efforts to amend the California Constutn, and siar efforts to amend the U. Toklas Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr Democratic Club, June 29, 2008, available at).

— Obama 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 support the plete repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Feral law should not discrimate any way agast gay and lbian upl, which is precisely what DOMA do” (letter to homosexual muny, Feb.

— Obama on the ary’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, which prevents homosexuals om servg openly: “I have … lled for to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (letter to homosexual muny, Feb. “I thk there’s creasg regnn wh the Armed Forc that this is a unterproductive strategy — ya know, we’re spendg large sums of money to kick highly qualified gays or lbians out of our ary, some of whom posss specialti like Arab-language pabili that we sperately need.