John McCain disagrees with Prop 8 ruling

By Celeste Lavin, 365gay.com
08.07.2010 8:00am EDT

Sen. John McCain spoke with the Washington Blade about the Proposition 8 ruling.

“Obviously, I didn’t agree with it. My position has always been that marriage is an institution of — between one man and one woman,” said McCain.

The Blade asked the Arizona senator if he would back an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage.

“I haven’t looked at the impact of the decision yet as far as what, if any, action needs to be taken,” he said. “I’ve been on the immigration issue, the defense authorization bill and this START treaty, so I really have not had an opportunity to talk to my people about it.”

In 2004, CNN reported that McCain opposed the Federal Marriage Amendment-a constitutional ban on gay marriage.

“The constitutional amendment we’re debating today strikes me as antithetical in every way to the core philosophy of Republicans,” he said. “It usurps from the states a fundamental authority they have always possessed and imposes a federal remedy for a problem that most states do not believe confronts them.”

McCain’s ambiguity and avoidance of a stance on a U.S. constitutional amendment now is being seen as a direct contradiction with his 2004 statements.

Both McCain’s wife and daughter have announced their support for same-sex marriage and they both posed for the NoH8 celebrity photo campaign against Proposition 8.

Personal note:

Does he still thinks he has a shot at the presidency???