McCain and Bush = No Difference

Arizona Senator and likely Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised some eyebrows last night by saying he is in favor of gay marriage. McCain told an NBC cable audience: “I think that gay marriage should be allowed, if there’s a ceremony kind of thing, if you want to call it that. I don’t have any problem with that.”

A few minutes later, McCain attempted to clarify his position, saying: “I believe that if people want to have private ceremonies that’s fine. I do not believe gay marriage should be legal.” (source)

Playing devil’s advocate here, let me turn his argument around.

“I think that heterosexual marriage should be allowed, if there’s a ceremony kind of thing, if you want to call it that. I don’t have any problem with that. I believe that if straight people want to have private ceremonies that’s fine. I do not believe heterosexual marriage should be legal.”

Kind of puts bigotry all in perspective, doesn’t it? And I love the “if you want to call it that” part, that even puts the validity of the ceremony into question.

Early on, I had real hopes for John McCain as being a more intelligent and compassionate type. But now, I see that he’s just like the rest of the Republican ilk. If he runs for President in 2008, he will pretty much be a rubber stamp of what Bush stands for, which apparently at this point in time, is about coercion and torture.