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John McCain vows "fight" against gay marriage [video]
http://www.metroweekly.com ^ | June 4, 2008 | JD Uy

Posted on 07/08/2008 2:46:31 PM PDT by Maelstorm

"I just believe, frankly, in the sanctity and unique status of marriage between man and woman. That's what I believe. And that's what I support. And that's what I will fight for."

(Excerpt) Read more at metroweekly.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2008; ca2008; gay; homosexualagenda; john; marriage; marriageamendment; mccain; protectmarriage; samesexmarriage; valuesvote
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This is a month old but I found it interesting. McCain has been consistent on this issue for a long time. He also has a history of voting against hate crimes and special rights legislation.
1 posted on 07/08/2008 2:46:32 PM PDT by Maelstorm
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Well at least he’s taking a conservative stance on something.


2 posted on 07/08/2008 2:47:49 PM PDT by djsherin
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Another reason why to vote for McCain. He is terrible on some important issues, but his positives outweigh the negatives and his negatives pale in comparison to Obama.

Judges, Foreign Policy, Right to Life, Marriage, Guns and Spending are important enough reasons why to vote for McCain.

3 posted on 07/08/2008 2:49:19 PM PDT by SolidWood (Stop the Muslimarxist Obama.)
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John McCain vows “fight” against gay marriage [video]

“Color-me-suprised” Bump


4 posted on 07/08/2008 2:50:14 PM PDT by VOA
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Homosexual marriage is about the government forcing people to live AGAINST their consciences! It is a matter of taking away the rights of the majority of people, to secure a privilege for a small minority of people, who can secure that their partnership by other means.

It is a matter of destroying the right of religions——not just Christianity by the way-—to teach morality in the way they see fit-—the right of freedom of speech, for people to speak out on issues they hold dear to their hearts-—and Parental rights-—the right to raise your children as you see fit.

It is a matter of taking away the freedom of Americans to think, feel and define their own morality, and define their own communities, their own government. ON the grounds that the GOVERNMENT will now define the doctrines and precepts of religious organizations. Homosexual marriage gives the government the right to intrude their powers in the area of anciently held and practiced religious doctrines—and to restrain these doctrines, destroys all religious liberty!


5 posted on 07/08/2008 2:53:14 PM PDT by tuckrdout (The good man wins his case by careful argument; the evil-minded only wants to fight. Prov. 13:2)
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To: Maelstorm

This is a month old but since the jackass stuck his foot in his mouth (again) someone felt the need to post a diversionary thread.


7 posted on 07/08/2008 2:53:34 PM PDT by Grunthor (May vote against Obama with the right incentive.)
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To: SolidWood

Yes. McCain even with his faults has a solid backbone of conservatism and it isn’t something that has changed whenever convenient. He has stuck his finger into the eye of conservatives on occasion but his history show he doesn’t just do that to conservatives and I doubt that any other Republican candidate would’ve been so candid sitting on the tv show of a lesbian when he confirmed support for marriage between a man and a women yet again.


8 posted on 07/08/2008 2:53:48 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for yourself!)
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To: Grunthor

What did he say now?


9 posted on 07/08/2008 2:56:34 PM PDT by NucSubs (Cognitive dissonance: Conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistency between beliefs and actions)
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McCain even with his faults has a solid backbone of conservatism and it isn’t something that has changed whenever convenient.

ROFL

Take a look at some of the flip-flops by audience since the beginning of the primary season.

10 posted on 07/08/2008 2:57:26 PM PDT by Ingtar (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery. - ejonesie22)
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So how is he going to "Fight for" this position? If I remember correctly, he doesn't support adding an amendment to the Constitution making the only lawful marriage recognized in the US to be only between one man and one woman.

And if we don't get this, marriage is going to be re-defined, one liberal state judge and federal judge at a time, until it's the exact opposite of that.

11 posted on 07/08/2008 3:02:48 PM PDT by willgolfforfood
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To: NucSubs

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042596/posts


12 posted on 07/08/2008 3:03:23 PM PDT by Grunthor (May vote against Obama with the right incentive.)
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To: SolidWood

And as terrible McCain is on some issues, Obama is even terriblier.


13 posted on 07/08/2008 3:04:49 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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Another reason why to vote for McCain .. his positives outweigh the negatives

ROFL

The logic of Republican partisans never ceases to amaze even the jaded.

14 posted on 07/08/2008 3:06:35 PM PDT by Amerigomag
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Judges, Foreign Policy, Right to Life, Marriage, Guns and Spending are important enough reasons why to vote for McCain.

Amen. Absolutely right.

15 posted on 07/08/2008 3:09:58 PM PDT by Faith
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Defining marriage in the constitution won’t stop them. They will just go the civil union route and do all they can to make the idea of marriage weak as mush. The sexual rights community has already had a weakening effect on normal sexual relationships as they apply to marriage. When ego and base desires drive what is defined as love and commitment then the whole concept of lifelong marriage becomes tenuous and weak.

There are many conservatives who believe the states should make the final decision. My opinion is that any amendment should be more tuned towards defining what isn’t heterosexual monogamous sex as obscenity and include within that definition a ban on the federal government using public funds in any way to encourage or spread obscenity. I believe in the big bang approach. The perverts and kooks have only survived by their ability to distort the first amendment and the judges have only managed to avoid doing their duties by pretending to not know what obscenity is.


16 posted on 07/08/2008 3:11:04 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for yourself!)
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Juan McLame is the same idiot liberal RINO who went on Ellen Degenerate’s program. I don’t trust anything he says or anyone who supports him for president. I would rather vote third party or write in a true conservative and vote for the othe pubbies in other races.McPain should have switched to the RAT party when he had the chance a few years ago.


17 posted on 07/08/2008 3:11:32 PM PDT by johna61
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So, I take it you are a conservative either voting for Obama; or doing a write in.


18 posted on 07/08/2008 3:22:41 PM PDT by Alia
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Yes, but ask him about “civil unions.”


19 posted on 07/08/2008 3:35:20 PM PDT by fwdude (If marriage can mean anything, then marriage means nothing.)
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You didn't get zapped in the great purge? I'm surprised. You were highly recommended.

Speaking of the devil: FO is back. She's running under a male moniker this time round.

20 posted on 07/08/2008 3:36:02 PM PDT by Amerigomag
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