McCain Not "Straight" (On Gay Rights)

John McCain has been getting a pass from the media and the public for so long just because he is a "war hero." Now that he is sure to be running for the Republican presidnetial nomination, he has "flipped and flopped" on many issues, especially gay rights issues. Once an opponent of anti-gay amendments, he supported the failed Arizona anti-gay marriage amendment. On Sunday's ABC This Week, Stephanopoulus Stumps Mccain on gays in the military. McCain said he supports gay rights, including the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which is NOT pro-gay at all. When Stephanopolous tried to point out that the military defines homosexuality as a "defect," McCain denied it! Like so many politicians, including some Democrats (Bill Clinton) unfortunately, McCain claims to support "gay rights" but actually does not

McCain has been courting the Religious Right to win the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, speaking at conservative Christian colleges Jim Jones and Libery University, meeting with Jerry Falwell and other religious right leaders, and taking more conservative positions on issues like abortion.
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And if the Democrats really want to keep gay voters, they better take some action on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act while they have a chance to prove they support our rights, or they can forget it in 2008.