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01-21-2010, 01:02 PM #1
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Cindy McCain Poses for Ad Supporting Gay Marriage
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01...ay-marriage%2F
Cindy McCain Poses for Ad Supporting Gay Marriage
Cindy McCain has posed for an ad released by the NOH8 campaign, a pro-gay-marriage effort that pictures celebrities with their mouths taped shut, the Associated Press reports. McCain appears in the usual format: dressed in white, with "NOH8" painted on her cheek and silver duct tape across her mouth. (H8 refers to the ballot measure passed by California voters in 2008 banning same-sex marriage.)
The ad was a surprise to some, since John McCain opposed gay marriage during his 2008 presidential run, and his wife rarely speaks out on particular issues. McCain's office issued a statement saying that the senator respects differences of opinion between his family members, but still "believes the sanctity of marriage is only defined as between one man and one woman."
Said spokesperson Brooke Buchanan: "The senator chaired the effort to successfully pass Arizona Proposition 102, the Marriage Protection Amendment, and his opposition to gay marriage remains the same."
On the NOH8 campaign's Web site, under the headline "Redefining Republican," NOH8 writes that Cindy McCain "reached out" to them about the ad. "Aligning yourself with the platform of gay marriage as a Republican still tends to be very stigmatic, but Cindy McCain wanted to participate in the campaign to show people that party doesn't matter -- marriage equality isn't a Republican issue any more than it is a Democratic issue."
The McCains' daughter, Meghan, has been outspoken in her support of gay rights, and currently features her own shot from the NOH8 campaign as the background on her Twitter page. Meghan McCain has spoken at a number of gay-rights events, and will be featured at National Equality Week at George Washington University next month. She has publicly addressed her difference of opinion with her father, saying they respectfully disagree.
"I couldn't be more proud of my mother for posing for the NOH8 campaign," she tweeted on Wednesday. "I think more Republicans need to start taking a stand for civil rights in this country and set the example that this is not a partisan issue."
Though both John McCain and Barack Obama opposed gay marriage during the 2008 campaign, same-sex unions have drawn fiercest opposition from the Republican base. But divergent views within that base are nothing new. Former vice president Dick Cheney, a champion of bedrock conservative thought on most issues, said last summer that he supports gay marriage -- perhaps not surprising, given that one of his daughters is gay. And Nancy Reagan's support of stem-cell research -- which she believes could help treat or cure the Alzheimer's disease that claimed her husband -- put her at odds with a widely held conservative stance.
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01-21-2010, 01:18 PM #2
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Its nice they can have opposing views and not have it affect their marriage. I know sometimes thats difficult for couples.
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01-21-2010, 02:10 PM #3
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Cindy McCain is a very classy lady.
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01-25-2010, 11:39 AM #4
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Hollywood and political celebrities are such lemmings. AIDS ribbons. Foreign baby adoptions. Livestrong bracelets. Now, every fame-seeker and left-wing panderer wants his/her mouth duct-taped to show solidarity with the gay marriage movement.
The latest slave to fashion? Cindy McCain, following in the oh-so-edgy-for-Tinseltown footsteps of her daughter, MEghan: http://www.bouska.net/noh8/index.htm
Who’s silencing these Prop. 8 opponents? They’re more overexposed than Mariah Carey’s bosom. They can talk and talk and talk without fear of retribution, intimidation, or physical violence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEatd...layer_embedded
Meanwhile, Prop. 8 supporters and donors have been hounded, threatened, blacklisted, beaten, and forced to resign from their jobs for exercising their political free speech. http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/07...and-catholics/ http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/17...ers-up-payment http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/13...i-prop-8-rage/
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/19...-marriage-mob/ http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/25...ver-donations/
On Friday, a liberal San Francisco Chronicle columnist decried the latest thug tactics against a 96-year-old Mormon community activist who is now the target of an anti-Prop. 8 witch hunt: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BA6T1BL582.DTL
I certainly understand the anger fomented by one individual’s generous contribution to the clearly mean-spirited campaign of Proposition 8. But, I’m not so sure I agree with the message being sent by gay and lesbian activists in the case of 96-year-old Lorenzo Hoopes.
The civic-minded Oakland citizen – with more than 50 years’ experience in public service – is currently the target of gay-rights activists who say his $26,000 contribution in support of the 2008 ballot initiative that reversed the state’s same-sex marriage law makes him unfit to hold public office.
And to make their point, critics have launched a campaign to block his reappointment to the board of directors of the Paramount Theatre, a city-owned landmark in downtown Oakland.
On its face, the campaign to remove Hoopes from an inconsequential seat on an inconsequential public board appears to be as mean-spirited as the same-sex marriage ban itself. Hoopes, who is Mormon, wasn’t on anyone’s radar screen until after the ballot initiative won voter approval in November 2008.
Since then, his reappointment has become such a hot-button issue that Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums withdrew Hoopes’ nomination from the Oakland City Council’s agenda package this week. A Dellums’ spokesman said the mayor wanted more time to consider the reappointment. Given his support for same-sex marriage, Dellums will likely withdraw the Hoopes nomination, said one mayoral aide. As mayor, Dellums has appointment power to all city boards and commissions.
Hoopes’ opponents believe that anyone who played a role as significant as he did on the ballot initiative should not be allowed to serve in any public capacity. His contribution was the largest by any Oakland resident.
But it’s even more than that: They want Hoopes to feel the same public humiliation felt by the gay community as the result of a vicious series of televised campaign ads paid for by people like him.
…The nation’s changing culture is proof positive that Hoopes’ standard of marriage is no longer the only valid viewpoint of society’s ultimate union, but in a democracy based on individual religious and political freedoms, seeking to exclude – or completely ban – others for not sharing your politics is just as wrong.
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Ann Althouse: http://althouse.blogspot.com/2010/01...usly-with.html
“I get that she supports same-sex marriage, but what does that have to do with anybody forcibly silencing her? If you have something to say, lady, just say it and quit blaming others.”
http://michellemalkin.com/2010/01/25...d-over-prop-8/
Originally Posted by letgetOriginally Posted by TigerLadyOriginally Posted by RegulusLast edited by Jolie Rouge; 01-25-2010 at 11:43 AM.
Laissez les bon temps rouler! Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.** a 4 day work week & sex slaves ~ I say Tyt for PRESIDENT! Not to be taken internally, literally or seriously ....Suki ebaynni IS THAT BETTER ?
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06-13-2013, 08:59 PM #5
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NOH8: 10 inadvertently awesome photos taken on Capitol Hill today
Posted at 8:12 pm on June 13, 2013 by Twitchy Staff
NOH8 Campaign ✔ @NOH8Campaign
Calling all Senators! Today is your day to be heard!
Step up and lend your face to the fight for #Equality!
#NOH8onTheHill today until 3pm!
11:11 AM - 13 Jun 2013
Or something.
U.S. representatives and senators silenced by legislation?
Insert eye roll here.
But for a while at least, things were a little quieter in D.C. as the Democratic H8 machine ground to a halt. Thanks, duct tape!
Rep.George Miller ✔ @askgeorge
at @NOH8Campaign's #NOH8onTheHill photoshoot this morning.
pic.twitter.com/TKeUXqPsap
9:41 AM - 13 Jun 2013U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan ✔ @repmarkpocan
Honored to join #NoH8OntheHill this morning
and stand up for justice, equality, and love.
Thx @NOH8Campaign! pic.twitter.com/TKpCKjfNoY
10:42 AM - 13 Jun 2013Rep. Marc Veasey ✔ @RepVeasey
[b]As a proud member of the @LGBTqCaucus
glad to participate in #NOH8onTheHill photo-shoot.
pic.twitter.com/umJGPSQrhM
9:37 AM - 13 Jun 2013Rep. Dan Kildee ✔ @RepDanKildee
[b]Just got my @NOH8 photo taken!
Standing for marriage equality -- it's about simple fairness.
#NoH8ontheHill pic.twitter.com/Ohfd9tqW55
10:10 AM - 13 Jun 2013Tim Bishop ✔ @TimBishopNY
[b]Proud to join @NOH8Campaign
to support marriage equality
and equal rights.
#NoH8OnTheHill pic.twitter.com/N67G4KMPzZ
1:14 PM - 13 Jun 2013
Rep. Scott Peters ✔ @RepScottPeters
[b]Taking my @NOH8Campaign
#NOH8ontheHill shot in support of full #equality .
Hate has no place in our country.
pic.twitter.com/B9AjfCwMPs
2:05 PM - 13 Jun 2013Rep. Joe Crowley ✔ @repjoecrowley
[b]Posing for @NOH8Campaign photo shoot
#NOH8 #NOH8ontheHill
pic.twitter.com/mj36alKjZq
2:29 PM - 13 Jun 2013
Colleen Hanabusa @ColleenHanabusa
[b]I am proud to stand with @NOH8Campaign
for marriage equality and equal rights for all.
#noh8onthehill pic.twitter.com/7QFT8FYSpa
3:05 PM - 13 Jun 2013Donald Payne Jr. ✔ @RepDonaldPayne
[b]Happy to join .@NOH8Campaign
to support marriage equality and equal rights for all.
#NOH8OnTheHill pic.twitter.com/F1W2Um67fO
3:30 PM - 13 Jun 2013NOH8 Campaign ✔ @NOH8Campaign
[b]BREAKING! The first U.S Senator has posed for a #NOH8 photo
during #NOH8onTheHill! Thank you @MartinHeinrich RT
pic.twitter.com/WO8Iw33Wbx
3:57 PM - 13 Jun 2013
It does get better!
But, of course, we jest. As entertaining as it is to see senators and congressmen willingly shut their yaps for a while, we want tolerance bullies to keep talking and showing the country what they’re all about. http://twitchy.com/2013/05/27/dan-sa...lying-experts/
http://twitchy.com/2013/06/13/noh8-1...ol-hill-today/Laissez les bon temps rouler! Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.** a 4 day work week & sex slaves ~ I say Tyt for PRESIDENT! Not to be taken internally, literally or seriously ....Suki ebaynni IS THAT BETTER ?