McCain Backs Off Radical Stance On Gay Adoption

In an interview last weekend with the New York Times, John McCain stated definitively that he opposes adoption rights for gay and lesbian couples. Asked if he agreed with President Bush that gay couples should not be permitted to adopt, he said: "I think that we've proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don't believe in gay adoption."

But now he's backing off that stance with a statement sent to Andrew Sullivan from Jill Hazelbaker, McCain's Director of Communications:

McCain could have been clearer in the interview in stating that his position on gay adoption is that it is a state issue, just as he made it clear in the interview that marriage is a state issue. He was not endorsing any federal legislation.

McCain's expressed his personal preference for children to be raised by a mother and a father wherever possible. However, as an adoptive father himself, McCain believes children deserve loving and caring home environments, and he recognizes that there are many abandoned children who have yet to find homes. McCain believes that in those situations that caring parental figures are better for the child than the alternative.

Comments

[DonDavis]

McCain Opposes Gay Adoption of Highways
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=2015

[mscriblerus]

Sometime soon he's going to need to go on the offensive. But how can he pull that off if he keeps caving on everything? His base must be perplexed. All he's standing firm on is abortion, offshore drilling, permanent tax cuts, and we need to stay in Iraq until we win (whatever that is).

He let people go because he said he had to keep distancing himself from things they said. Now he's spending his time distancing himself from himself. WFT?

[northeast73]

Calling it a states issue (like marriage too) is a HUGE improvement over Bush. Who would call it an "abomination".

[NYC07]

Tune in again for our next episode entitled: "The Befuddled Express or Trying to remember you want to fool people into thinking that you"re a Centrist and not the Right Wing Tool you really are"

[mlaiuppa]

Hmm. McCain cleans up after surrogates (Gramm)

Surrogates clean up after McCain (adoption).

[Heaphy]

The guy's fundamental gut reactions on almost all social issues are ultraconservative. Then he ponders (slowly) the political implications and tries to stake out a more "moderate' position in order to garner some votes. We all know where he really stands.
- Jim Heaphy

[gintheb]

Let's see how much coverage this gets in the MSM.

[ChiGuy]

A whole lotta back peddling and spin at which the LGBT community will say, "Oh please!", and have a good laugh.

[AurigaRa]

flip flop
flip flop
flip flop

[AdobePhsyko]

Next thing you know He'll be picking Charlie Christ as his running mate.
"Not that there's anything wrong with that"

[karela]

"I don't believe in gay adoption."

That was a pretty clear and straight forward expression of his stance. The rest of the above statement is spin that's aimed at not losing gay voters. I can't imagine that there are any gays who had been planning to vote for him, but if there are, it would be wise to take him at his own words and not at the spin his campaign tried to put on it. I am so sick and tired of sanctimonious old white men who try to come down from the mountain and tell us what we all should do because they're so very moral. If it was up to John McCain and Bush, children could rot in orphanages and foster homes before they'd be placed in loving homes that don't meet their standards. The republicans care about human beings from conception to birth. After that, they're on their own.

[helonias]

Whats his take on lying adulterers adopting kids.

Hows that good for them?

[DickNH]

....and he's a repeat offender!!!

[gbht12]

I will wait for the media to cover this. They have already dropped the NATION IS WHINING REMARK.MENTAL RECESSION.

What the heck is wrong with the msm? If this was Obama it would be a constant re-play of the remark. I give up on the news, just read papers and look up your own news on the internet

[UrbanInterloper]

The political abuse of gays by Sen. McCain is disgusting and immoral. It's irrelevant what he truly believes in his heart; he's done damage to his fellow citizens.

[joeyp404]

So, now that he's backtracked, he and Obama are now unified in their tolerance of the gay community. How nice. Maybe they can become running mates.