McCain: Same-sex marriage ban is un-Republican

[G_j]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/14/mccain.marriage/

McCain: Same-sex marriage ban is un-Republican
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 Posted: 5:57 AM EDT (0957 GMT)

McCain: The proposed amendment "strikes me as antithetical in every way to the core philosophy of Republicans."

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona broke forcefully with President Bush and the Senate GOP leadership Tuesday evening over the issue of same-sex marriage, taking to the Senate floor to call a constitutional amendment to prohibit the practice unnecessary -- and un-Republican.

"The constitutional amendment we're debating today strikes me as antithetical in every way to the core philosophy of Republicans," McCain 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 also said the amendment "will not be adopted by Congress this year, nor next year, nor any time soon until a substantial majority of Americans are persuaded that such a consequential action is as vitally important and necessary as the proponents feel it is today."

"The founders wisely made certain that the Constitution is difficult to amend and, as a practical political matter, can't be done without overwhelming public approval. And thank God for that," he said.

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[wicket]

1. Good for him

I'm glad he's speaking out about this.

[jeff30997]

2. Can someone tell me...

Why a great man like John McCain is a damn Republican? I don't get it.

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. he's a conservative

If he were an independent, he'd still caucus with the GOP, so there would be no point in him not being a republican.

[Coventina]

3. Well THAT'S a relief!

That makes it a lot less likely he'd be tagged for VP if something happens to Crashcart (health, criminal indictment, sex scandal, whatever....)

[RaRa]

8. My reaction exactly! eom

[SCDem]

4. and McCain's a speaker at the GOP convention

You think they'll bring up this while he's there or he'll bring it up. Nope.

[Longhorn]

5. See discussion here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x684455

[colonel odis]

7. the ban probably does go against traditional republican principles

such as keeping govt out of our private lives.

bush is a stooge of the ilk that hijacked the republican party around the time of reagan and turned it into a bunch of fear-mongering control freaks.

guess this will put to rest any notions of mccain being named veep.

[Moderator]

9. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=684455