Meghan McCain: Rick Santorum's Gay Marriage Opposition 'Dated' And 'Gross' (VIDEO)

Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), criticized Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum for his opposition to gay marriage Friday on MSNBC.

"There's a difference between being against marriage equality and then equating same-sex marriage to bestiality," she said, referring to Santorum's 2003 interview with the Associated Press in which he linked homosexuality and "man on dog" sex.

"I mean it's so dated and it's so gross," McCain continued. She repeated that she supports gay marriage.

She added, regarding Santorum's views, "It's far off the course of mainstream America, and it's enough for me just to say goodbye." She also predicted that the more people know Santorum, the less they will like him. "If you nominate someone like Rick Santorum, I guarantee he will lose," she said.

Santorum doubled down on his opposition to gay marriage Tuesday at a campaign appearance in Concord, N.H., comparing gay marriage to polygamy. Meghan McCain approved of the college student who grilled Santorum on the issue.

She praised Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who her father endorsed Wednesday, saying he has a "fantastic personality off-camera." Romney also opposes same-sex marriage.

About her father's opposition to gay marriage, she said, "My father is hopefully going to be the next one I can work on, and he's sort of coming around." She added, "he's 75 years old, so it's a bit different."

Comments

[Dave Fascia]

02:43 PM on 02/01/2012

8==I) ~~~~ (I==8 is gross.

[guoyakla]

01:44 PM on 02/01/2012

When did Meghan become so doggone hottt?!

[jensenge]

11:00 PM on 01/31/2012

Meghan's logic is perplexing. Both her father and Mitt Romney, who she purports to support are opposed to so called "gay marriage" and that's sort of okay. But it's not okay that Santorum opposes it?! Could that be because she knows Santorum truly opposes it because he knows it is morally wrong, while with her Dad and Romney it is a personal dislike, but more of a matter of political expediency to oppose it.

[trbilbo]

07:55 PM on 01/31/2012

Meghan is a vacuous as her Father.
I happen too agree with her stand on this in general... but PLEASE Huff and Puff..>STOP promoting this mindless nepoted moron.
Give us some real news.... and promote 'thinking'.... not reacting.
Next please!

[Family Values Guy]

08:25 AM on 01/24/2012

Pro-homosexual activists oppose Santorum or anybody who disagrees that same sex marriage is okay. It isn't and shouldn't be acceptable to normal people. Meghan McCain is likely gay and bills herself as "progressive." That term is not applicable. Advancing homosexuality is not progress, it's regress. Romans thought it was okay, but it isn't "dated" to believe such practices are normal. We didn't make it a sin, God did. Same sex marriage is not a quest for equality, it is a quest to advance people who are mental, but they don't want to be opposed, so they got themselves taken off the DSM. That doesn't mean they aren't mental, and it surely doesn't mean they are normal; it means they were devious/aggressive enough to bully the APA into removing them from the DSM. Centuries ago Nostradamus predicted that homosexuals would increase in numbers, but stopped short of saying that was part of end times prophecy. Regardless, homosexuals will still never be socially acceptable by the masses with or without marriage licenses; they will only be tolerated by weak politicians who want their votes so they can stay in power. Homosexuals are disgusting whether Santorum says they are tantamount to man on dog, or simply man on man...both scenarios are repulsive and Santorum clearly has the backbone to call a spade a spade. We need more politicians like him...those with the balls to just say no to people like McCain.

[Kingpleasure]

03:17 PM on 01/25/2012

Family Values Guy
Have you ever had anal sex?...with a woman?

[Daniel White]

03:28 PM on 01/25/2012

"We didn't make it a sin, God did."
I suspect that position depends on your religious beliefs.

If your logic is based on that and an broad interpretation of Nostradamus, how do you expect to be taken seriously by anyone? Seriously, Nostradamus?

[Dede Eagleburger]

03:51 PM on 01/10/2012

Good for you Meghan!!!!!!

[ArtsyJane]

09:39 AM on 01/08/2012

If Santorum wins the nomination, President Obama is assured to have a second mandate. So, yeah, keep pushing Santorum to the forefront. Go crazy. Same for Paul and Gingrich.

[Dongflopper]

09:13 AM on 01/08/2012

Let's just borrow a saying from the 60's that's still relevant. "LIVE AND LET LIVE"!

[VagabondBull]

09:31 PM on 01/07/2012

I'd like to thank Ms. McCain for her sensible viewpoint and attempts to open the mind of her father to equality for all. Santorum's views are dated as the more recent studies show over half of this country is for marriage equality.

[Dave Fascia]

02:45 PM on 02/01/2012

Vagabond, what's that purple symbol in your icon?

[VagabondBull]

08:06 PM on 02/01/2012

It's the symbol for the transgender community done in rainbow pride colors. The symbols are male, female and transsexual (sort of both if you want to look at it that way).

[Family Values Guy]

11:20 AM on 02/23/2012

What a crock. There is nothing about McCain that is sensible; the masses do not approve of marriage equality/gay marriage or the homo lobby would agree to put the question to a referendum. I dare them to do that. That's why they are trying an end run around we the people, because they know every time they put it to a vote of the people, it gets shot down. By bullying, bribing and disillusioning legislators, and legislatively forcing it down the throats of the electorate, they've managed to slither gay marriage through in a few states, but the people of those states are trying to fight back by firing legislators, forcing them by petitions to re-visit the laws, pass new ones, repeal the ones they pass and the damage is being repaired gradually at the behest of the people who should have been consulted in the first place. To call opposition to gay marriage "dated" is a misnomer unless you think thousands of years of marriage traditions factors in somehow. Homosexuals are among the most disgusting paraphiliacs; men who knowingly and aggressively seek sexual congress which is guaranteed to get feces on them (or worse) by laying with other men is a paradigm that needs to be driven back into the closet. Hopefully, Rick Santorum will help accomplish that.

[VagabondBull]

12:21 PM on 02/24/2012

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How wrong can you be? Here's the Gallup Poll showing over half of America is now in favor of same sex marriage: http://www.gallup.com/poll/147662/first-time-majority-americans-favor-legal-gay-marriage.aspx The only state where same sex marriage has been repealed is California and that was because the Mormon church funneled millions of dollars into a campaign aimed at black voters who are traditionally against same sex marriage. As we have recently seen that law was overturned as being unconstitutional.

This is no different than the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when Congress had to legislate equal Constitutional Rights for the country as "separate but equal" is against the Constitution. There was less support in this country for the Civil Rights movement than there currently is for same sex marriage rights. When do we get to vote on removing your rights? Denying same sex couples the right to marry goes against the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. Equal civil rights are afforded to all U.S. citizens, not something that can be voted on to be removed.

In the past month we have seen same sex marriage legalized in the state of Washington, pass both houses in New Jersey only to be vetoed by Chris Christie and his political aspirations, Prop 8 in California overturned and same sex marriage to be signed into law in Maryland likely later today. Face the facts, the American people are voting for same sex rights.

[VagabondBull]

12:22 PM on 02/24/2012

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Every state that allows same sex marriage has a lower overall divorce rate than those states that don't allow same sex marriage. States with gay marriage also have higher rates of adoption of children.

No one is being bullied, bribed or having laws pushed down their throats as you have said. Santorum's views truly are dated and reprehensible. He has vowed that should he be elected (which will never happen) he will destroy all currently legal same sex marriages, prevent same sex couples from adopting children and reinstate sodomy laws meaning the only way anyone can have intercourse is in the missionary position man on top. How can you ever call yourself "Family Values Guy" if you support his promises of breaking up homes, keeping children in orphanages/foster homes, legislating what you can and can't do in the bedroom, removing access to birth control thus creating more unwanted pregnancies and orphaned children living off the government dole? Those aren't family values by any means, that is pure unadulterated hate towards the LGBT community and women in general.

[Wayne Peterson]

06:36 PM on 01/07/2012

Well, Mr Santorum, explain this one to me.....your Jesus was born into a marriage where the Joseph's sperm did not impregnate the virgin Mary.....so how can you say that the "holy family" married to procreate.......huh?????

[RealistBC]

03:56 PM on 01/07/2012

If anyone brings the GOP into the 21st Century, it will be young people like Meghan McCain and the young Huntsman women.

[Geski]

07:51 AM on 01/11/2012

God Forbid!
that airhead

[Dede Eagleburger]

10:39 AM on 01/11/2012

are you talking about Meghan...???

[Hardyman1966]

02:17 PM on 01/07/2012

"He's a very disturbed little boy." - Eric Cartman

[AshinoD]

02:05 PM on 01/07/2012

I like her more and more. Sure she is a Republican but are beliefs aren't stuck in the stone ages. Good for her that party needs more voices like hers.

[warrensalem]

09:35 AM on 01/07/2012

This is the only time I'll ever agree with a McCain. Thank you Meghan

[skillet 7188]

05:54 AM on 01/07/2012

Santorum appears be somewhat odd in his thinking. He depends almost entirely on arguing from extremes unfortunately he has an audience that doesn't think about thinking. He functions on a visceral, completely acculturated set of assumptions which confirm his personal prejudices-he has a sort of police state personal point of view that considers anything in opposition not only wrong but probably something his divinity would disapprove.

Some of the great thinkers of the West have been Catholic but Santorum is not among them. I'm fairly sure anyone advancing any sort of domino theory is out to lunch.