McCain opposes gay adoption... we think?
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From "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": In an interview with Senator McCain, regarding the senator's recent comments to the New York Times, Stephanopoulos asks, point-blank, whether McCain opposes gay adoption. So much for a straight answer.
For those of you who like to read quickly, rather than watch videos, I did my best to type out a transcript of the full exchange.
GS: What is your position on gay adoption? You told the New York Times you were against it -- even in cases where the children couldn't find another home -- but then your staff backtracked a bit. What IS your position?
JM: My position is, it's not the reason why I'm running for President of the United States. And I think that TWO-parent families are best for America.
GS: What do you mean by that, "it's not the reason why I'm running for President of the United States"?
JM: Well, I think that it's, uh, it is important for us to emphasize family values, but I think it's very important that we understand we have other challenges, too. I'm running for President of the United States because I want to help with family values. And I think family values are important, when we have two-parent families that are, uh, parents that are the traditional family.
GS: But there are several hundred thousand children in the country who don't have a home. And if a gay couple wants to adopt them, what's wrong with that?
JM: I am for the values that two-parent families, the traditional family, represents.
GS: So you're against gay adoption.
JM: I am for the values and principles that two-parent families represent. And I also do point out that many of these decisions are made by the states, as we all know. And I will do everything I can to encourage adoption, to encourage all of the things that keeps families together, including educational opportunities, including a better economy, job creation, and, and I'm running for president because I want to HELP families in America. And one of my positions is that I believe that, uh, that family values and family traditions are [protected? preserved?].
For those of you who like to read quickly, rather than watch videos, I did my best to type out a transcript of the full exchange.
GS: What is your position on gay adoption? You told the New York Times you were against it -- even in cases where the children couldn't find another home -- but then your staff backtracked a bit. What IS your position?
JM: My position is, it's not the reason why I'm running for President of the United States. And I think that TWO-parent families are best for America.
GS: What do you mean by that, "it's not the reason why I'm running for President of the United States"?
JM: Well, I think that it's, uh, it is important for us to emphasize family values, but I think it's very important that we understand we have other challenges, too. I'm running for President of the United States because I want to help with family values. And I think family values are important, when we have two-parent families that are, uh, parents that are the traditional family.
GS: But there are several hundred thousand children in the country who don't have a home. And if a gay couple wants to adopt them, what's wrong with that?
JM: I am for the values that two-parent families, the traditional family, represents.
GS: So you're against gay adoption.
JM: I am for the values and principles that two-parent families represent. And I also do point out that many of these decisions are made by the states, as we all know. And I will do everything I can to encourage adoption, to encourage all of the things that keeps families together, including educational opportunities, including a better economy, job creation, and, and I'm running for president because I want to HELP families in America. And one of my positions is that I believe that, uh, that family values and family traditions are [protected? preserved?].
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