Cindy McCain — wife of 2008 GOP presidential candidate John McCain –has taken a high profile position contrary to her husband’s on the issue of same sex marriage, by starring in a new ad to support the fight against California’s Prop. 8.
The Associated Press is reporting the story tonight, saying that Mrs. McCain stars in the new ad, in which she is depicted adorned “with silver duct tape across her mouth and “NOH8″ written on one cheek.”
NOH8 is one of the army of gay rights groups which has challenged Proposition 8, the law banning same sex marriage which was passed by California voters in 2008. Currently, a federal court trial in San Francisco is underway, challenging the constitutionality of the law.
“In the year since we’ve started the NOH8 Campaign, we’ve often been surprised at some of the different individuals who have approached us showing their support,” organizers of the gay rights group say on their website. “Few, though, have surprised us more than Cindy McCain — the wife of Senator John McCain and mother to vocal marriage equality advocate Meghan McCain.”
“The McCains are one of the most well-known Republican families in recent history, and for Mrs. McCain to have reached out to us to offer her support truly means a lot. Although we had worked with Meghan McCain before and were aware of her own position, we’d never really thought the cause might be something her mother would get behind,” the group says. “We have a huge amount of respect for both of these women for being brave enough to make it known they support equal marriage rights for all Americans.”
AP says that Arizona Sen. John McCain’s office today “issued a statement saying the Arizona senator respects the views of members of his family but remains opposed to gay marriage.”
The former GOP presidential candidate, the statement said, believes “marriage is only defined as between one man and one woman.”
Posted By: Carla Marinucci
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I went the whole day yesterday seeing that photo and I kept thinking it was the daughter, not the crypt keeper mom. Adam sure is a whiz!
Omg I saw this ad briefly yesterday and thought it was the daughter too!
Boy I bet John McCain is breathing a sigh of relief- “FINALLY someone shut up my wife.” hahahaha
woah!! she looked so creepy when you saw her on the campaign! but I guess Photoshop can do wonders hehe…
but in all seriousness uh..good for her! I guess! maybe she will set an example for other republican politicians….
Good for her! Hopefully more will follow her example!
okay, all I can still think of is “shut that bitch up.” ha ha
I hope more Republicans do come out in support of equality in a meaningful way. The cynic in me has to believe that gestures like this without any policy changes will just make it easier for the self-hating crowd to support a party that is actively working against our community.
“but in all seriousness uh..good for her! I guess! maybe she will set an example for other republican politicians….”
@ChickenGirl: what, like the Democrats?
“The cynic in me has to believe that gestures like this without any policy changes will just make it easier for the self-hating crowd to support a party that is actively working against our community.”
@carrma: what, like the Democrats?
Again: The Democrats are not “our party”, are not “pro-GLBTQ”, and are not actively working for “us”. What we have done, with our unbridled, unquestioning support of them is ensure two things:
1. The Democratic party will not do anything to really promote gay rights? Why? There’s no political capital in it. They will continue to have our vote no matter what (we’ve said that, repeatedly), and if they DO promote something meaningful, they will risk pissing off the liberal-but-homophobic crowd (think: a lot of the people who voted against gay marriage in CA).
2. The Republicans will always speak out against gay rights. Why? They know we won’t vote for them anyway; to make up the minority balance we represent, they have to let the extreme opposing view (which approximates our voting power) – those who actually vote anti-gay – that they have Something To Fear From Democrats. There is no risk politically (we won’t vote for them no matter what; the crazies will; most people don’t consider it a voting issue).
Remember, I’m talking party politics, and not necessarily individuals. If you shut everyone up in either party and looked at voting records, you’d find a surprising mix that isn’t along party lines – at all.