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Meghan McCain Urges NY State GOP To Support Gay Marriage

2009_05_megmccain.jpg Meghan McCain, daughter of the Senator and presidential candidate John McCain, has an opinion piece in the Daily News today. It's actually an open letter to NY State's Republicans, asking them to support the state's gay marriage legislation, "No matter how politically charged the discussions about marriage equality may get, the question is really a simple one: Do the rights and privileges we offer citizens include everyone in our country, or only some of us? I believe that allowing gays and lesbians the freedom to marry is an idea whose time has come... Equality under the law and personal freedoms are what make America the greatest country in the world, and they are core values that I hold as a Republican." McCain also Tweets, "I sincerely hope new york lawmakers will vote YES on the marriage equality bill!" If more than a few Republicans were to vote yes, the bill could possibly pass (the Senate's Democrats are split).

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  • Cornet Mustich

    Kudos to Meghan.

    And kudos to New England and Iowa for supporting (civil) marriage. And to the Episcopal Church too.

    Joe Mustich, Justice of the Peace,

    Washington, Connecticut, USA.

    I'm busy this summer officiating for couples who are coming to CT to wed from around the country, and they are bringing their families and friends along to celebrate. Congrats to all.

    And to the marriage foes, and sexually phobic, please find something else to do with your time, because life's too short. Find love.

    And remember, marriage is first a civil matter, as licenses are issued by and recorded in town halls not church halls. And in America, we have freedom of and freedom from religion.

    Thanks Meghan.

    http://justicesofthepeace.blogspot.com

  • NannyState

    She's the hottest republican girl ever. No wonder they want to bounce her from the party: she doesn't pray for divine guidance to help her pull up her support panty hose.

  • Felix Hoenikker

    The GOP needs to amputate the socially conservative, religious whackjob wing of their party like the gangrenous limb that they are.

  • Felix Hoenikker

    Nice cans.

  • airtech1

    Meg needs to do what most Columbia grads do nowadays: live off daddy's trust fund for a few years, hit grad school, then become an unemployed I-Leaguer on the block.

  • Trilby16

    What is she auditioning for??? She is everywhere!

  • felixthecat2

    So is Dick Cheney.

  • hotstepper

    gay marriage is so gay.

  • texinyc

    FTW

  • EastRiver

    Funny how nobody has yet commented on the fact that the Democrats control both houses of the New York State legislature as well as the Governor's office yet they need Republican votes to get this passed. Why? Because not all of the Democrats are on board. But instead of thinking about that for a moment you guys focus on taking shots at Meghan McCain. Brilliant. And the bimbo comments? Very classy.

  • Qraymond

    I don't see the point in calling her a bimbo-- it's not exactly the classiest way of making an argument. Indeed, it is not an argument at all.

    On the other hand, it is laughable that this is the best the young GOP can do-- "We will not be as bigoted as our our hateful parents" is hardly the rallying cry of a revived, forward-looking party. They have no substantive healthcare proposal, a fiscal policy that goes out of its way to reward the top 1% and punish the rest of us, and a foreign policy record that speaks for itself in the scope and breadth of its spectacular array of failures.

    While it is always a relief to see some semblance of humanity in the GOP's next generation, they're going to have to do a lot better than this if they are going to come out of the wilderness.

  • Sommelier

    Ah... the optimism of youth! As dinosaurs like her father drive the GOP even deeper into the tar pits of anger, hate, resentment and fear she calls on them to stand up for equal rights for gay men & women?!?! What next? Healthcare for the sick? Education oportunities based on achievement & ability rather than wealth? What does she think this is? France?

  • BackStJoe

    Since Republicans only seem to care about big buisness and money, they should be all for gay marriage! Tying the Knot is one of the biggest buisnesses out there. Think of the millions of additional dollars (and taxes) that gay marriage will bring to city buisnesses! The average wedding in NY is $22,000!

  • felixthecat2

    MIchael Steele stated it would hurt small business because of gay marriage benefits coverage, I read an interesting article on how gay marriages will reduce the number of abort&ions. I had to spell abort&ions this way since the comment was not permitted when spelled fully.wth??

  • yg

    Does that mean we should've kept slavery, since ending it hurt small business?

  • felixthecat2

    I don't agree with Steele's stupid remarks, i just mentioned his argument. I mean then if he really thinks gay marriages would hurt small business then why not take a step further and eliminate marriage all together.

  • yg

    How about we get the government out of marriage business completely? No gay, straight, multiple, any kind of marriage at all?

  • If this is the direction young Repubs are going to take, I'll stop hating on them so much.

  • Papercutninja

    What PLANET AM I ON?? A repub for equal rights for all? OMG.

  • OTC

    Republican?? She's not a Republican, her father is barely a Republican.

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