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Facing Criticism, McCain Clarifies His Statement on Gay Adoption
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jul 21, 2008 01:34pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Monday, July 21, 2008 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As several gay rights groups criticized Senator John McCain for saying he opposed gay adoption, the McCain campaign issued a clarification on Tuesday saying that he believed the issue should be decided by the states, and that such adoptions should not be subject to a federal ban.
Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said in an interview with The New York Times that was published Sunday that he opposed allowing same-sex couples to adopt children. “I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don’t believe in gay adoption,” he said.
When asked in the interview if he opposed gay adoptions even if the alternative was that the child remain in an orphanage, Mr. McCain — who, with his wife, Cindy, has an adopted daughter — said that he wanted to encourage adoption and make the process easier, but that adoptive parents should be mixed-sex, traditional couples.
On Tuesday, as his statements were criticized by a number of gay rights organizations, his campaign clarified his remarks.
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