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“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."
- Republican presidential hopeful John McCain tells The New York Times
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Posted: July 13, 2008 at 2:26 pm
My question is: who is "We" and what does he mean by "proven"? Does he fancy himself a scientist, and "proven" is a dangerous word to use about anything like this. You know what else? Some of the blatantly ignorant, hateful, poorly-thought-out, and homophobic comments are still on this board down there, and I've gotta give Perez credit for that…and we should remember this when we're talking about McCain and Obama and making a lot of incendiary statements about "rights"…Voltaire said: "I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Perez for Prez!
Wow. Let me count. One parent. Two parents. That's… both parents.
What a remark! lol
Re: Blair – I am not a Republican, I am a registered Independent voter. As for Tom Cruise, Mr. Cruise is not a closeted homosexual, he is not a homosexual at all, he has children and a wife he is very much in love with.
Re: prote – So, if the other 1/3 of abuse cases are committed by homosexuals, then that means that the other 2/3 are commited by heterosexuals. What does that say about protecting children from heterosexuals?
Prote, you're an idiot.
all i am going t osay is that i was taken out of a situation of having a heroin adict dad and was adopted by a gay couple and i have the most wonderful life that i could ask for, if i had stayed in my past situation i dont know what would have happened to me. i think that as long as a child has someone to love it be it male female anyone, that is so much better than a child either aklone or in a potencially harmful situation, thank you perez for exposing a man whos closedmindedness is in no headstate to rule a nation.
Re: a –
you must be a terrible fucking parent! "MY SON IDOLIZES HIS DAD. HE LOVES ME BUT COULD GIVE OR TAKE ME" -… uh how does that make you better than a gay couple who the child loves both EQUALLY?!
"IT'S SO IMPORTANT, DR. PHIL ALWAYS SAYS THAT THE SAME SEX PARENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE MODEL IN A CHILD'S LIFE. "
who the fuck made doctor phil the righteous almighty doctor that does EVERYTHING RIGHT?
you fucking idiot. maybe get some education, and get some more RELIABLE sources other than talk show doctors that make scripted comments.
KTHNXBYE
So it's better for a child to be in an abusive straight household or a poverty-stricken household than to be in one with two homos? I hate to tell you but the homos and dykes have alot more money to spoil the kid with. John Cunt McCain should be ashamed.
Who is "we", and what has been "proven"? McCain has always been a warmonger, now he is a hatemonger. Maybe someone will give him a medal for that too.
Who is that "we" that he speaks of?
What an idiot.
GO OBAMA!!!!!!
Re: E&J – Congrats E&J. wish you all the best in your adoption. I cant wait till me and my partner are ready to adopt. this douche has no clue what the fuck he is talking about. someone should send him a copy of the 20/20 special where they show how great the lives of kids who have same sex parents are. ignorance needs to be the only thing that candidates should address. since the pilgrims, amreica has been the place where change starts, now its time for us to change the way people view this bullshit.
So, what's his suggestion for single-parent households?
Re: Blair – oh yeah and Ellen De Generes is also a straight women
keep your delusions, I don't give a damn I'm not fooling myself you are .
Re: Thing – like what? you know it is a waste of time to argue with someone like you ,your head is too far up your own ass just like Mc Cain and I have a gay brother and you know what him and his partner will be able to adopt regardless of what people like you think and say . People like you are ignorant and when someone ells you that you are you can't admit it but deep inside you know it's true . Being gay doesn't have to be cure dumbass because nothing is wrong with them and I will support my brother unconditionally unlike you you will probably disown someone that is your relative if you found out that they are gay . It's typical behavior for someone that is narrow minded bigot like yourself .
Re: Rondo – Nice to show your ignorance about what gay people are and what they are about. Post something intelligent if you can……NOT!
I couldn't disagree with McCain more! He just keeps reminding me of why I'm voting for Obama!
yeah children are much better being raised in orphanages where they will get no personal attention than by someone who can give them a loving happy home. Since I'm a single mother should I put my son up for adoption or can I keep him since I'm not gay?
How much longer until this dumbass dies?
McCain is ignorant if he thinks gay people cannot be good parents. DON'T VOTE FOR McCAIN! He's Bush/Cheney revisited.
Rot in hell old man! Please PRAY that he doesnt become pres! If so, i'm def moving to europe! This country has a bad name already!!!! hopefully he will croke soon anyhoe that old bastard!
Now this just infuriates me! We are in a country that is supposed to be a country that supports equal rights. I'm pretty sure when the declaration of independence said "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness," it did not say except gays. This is such a completely ignorant statement, as studies show, there is no difference between gay and straight parents. Sometimes they are better parents in the respect that they teach their children to be more tolerant. McCain is entitled to his own opinion, but maybe he should do a little research before he says something discriminating.
Re: DonnaBardinogianni –
You are not a child.
Secondly, if you have parents that have gay friends and you adore them, due to that loyalty you would argue Why shouldn't they be allowed to raise children? They're cool! So don't give me that tripe. Looking at your avatar your parents are slipping in their adult responsabilities. Lastly, if your parents raised you to be openminded you would stick up for the child of your parent's gay friends.
Sounds like someone is a BIGOT!!!
im sorry perez but i am SICK of you always bashing mccain. there is dirt on BOTH him and obama and if you bash one you should show the dirt on the other as well…..just saying.
but i agree with mccain and voting for him in november!! MCCAIN 08
LEAVE HIM ALOOONE! HE IS FREE TO BELIEVE IN WHATEVER THE HELL HE WANTS TO.
TOTALLY AGREE WITH HIM!
oh yes Tom is straight (roll eyes ) and Ryan Seacrest too right !!!! and there is also a
"cure" for ignorant dumbass like you it's called -education .
Not all gay people are nice people.
It is not natural for two people of the same sex to have babies, us humans are not ”built” that way. I don't have anything against them, I just do not agree on how they think. There are millions of straight couples wanting to adopt as well.
PEOPLE - Leave McCain alone, he is going to lose either way.
Re: megan – why are you sorry ? just don't come back to post here ever again you pathetic troll
and congrats you are just another bigot like Mc Cunt
Re: ana – and not all heteros are nice and "normal " as well what is with natural also ? to be as ignorant and dumb as you are is not natural ,get an education you pathetic cunt
Stupid, stupid homophobes… Let's not let all these kids have homes because their parents are the same sex. You know, it's those STRAIGHT couple that put those children in foster care and up for adoption, and while yes, it is nice to have 2 parents, it doesn't matter if they're same or different sex. I never had a Father - I'm going to college, going out on my own, educated and opiniated and hold no prejudice. McCain is so incredibely bias that he doesn't want to allow anyone in this country a different road then him.
Re: ana – I would like to leave him alone
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Re: ana – I will leave him alone that old senile douche bag piece of shit needs to die soon
McCain's position on lgbt rights are the biggest reason I won't vote for him. They prove him to be a hypocrite and a bigot.
I guess it's better that a child grows up unloved and alone, an orphan perhaps, than have two parents of the same sex.
We need someone to lead this country who can evolve along with it's citizens, and who can understand what CHANGE IS and how badly the United States needs it.
Anyone who votes for this fool is a dimwit.
OBAMA '08
Re: Luke – you're gonna make my cryyyyy!
education? look whos talking. you use violence because its the only way you know how to communicate. i feel so sorry for you sooooooooo sooooooooooooo sorry
Holy. Cow. Even my MIL, who disapproves of gay marriage etc. etc. etc., believes that kids are better off in a loving home than with NO home. Um, can we forget that he left HIS wife & kids to sow his wild oats?? His own kids didn't have him!! How disconnected from reality IS this guy?
I hate it when people say they don't believe in it. that is pretty much like saying gay marriage is like sasquatch
Thank you John for helping to reinforce that voting for Obama would be the right move for me!
I jsut wish people would stop judgin mccain becuase he is older. I mean what is wrong with you people Obama just made the comment that even though the people would vote for relief of gas prices he would not listen to that becuase he is going to do what he thinks is best reguardless of the popular vote. Can you say communist. Plus the man is A MUSLIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what a republican
this man is sick. it shouldn't matter who the parents date as long as the child is cared for. should a child be in a home with loving gay parents, or a straight couple who is addicted to alcohol and painkillers? hey, at least they are straight, right? fuck mccain. if he wins I am moving to Canada! I hear it's very nice….
i haven't seen this statement proven……90% of my friends grew up without one of there parents…..so where are these facts to make this statement true….McCain your a fuckin' dumb ass your another George Bush your just as fuckin' retarded as he is…..Obama all the way…..McCain you can suck the back of my fuckin' nut sack you close mided piece of shit
Re: aj – his daughter isn't gay, dick cheney's is.
Last time I checked 2 male or 2 female still qualifies as "both" which insinuates two. Plus, its better to have 2 moms or 2 dads then to only have one and be deserted by the other! it should be about the best interest of the child which means a loving secure family not the special interests of homophobic old people who are out of touch with reality and today's modern society.
ummmm did he just insult every single mother in america?
You know, narrow-minded people really piss me off but when you are narrow-minded AND you make no sense….
He says that it is "proven that both parentss are important to success of a family…" I could not agree more. I believe there SHOULD be 2 parents regardless of their marital or sexual status. Therefore, he should NOT oppose GAY/LESBIAN parenting. There ARE 2 people intending to be present–just like different-sex couples…Imagine that.
Well, I believe that senile old Republicans should be euthanized. Does my opinion count?
Re: ana –
NOT ALL STRAIGHT PEOPLE R NICE PEOPLE.
STRAIGHTS R THE ONES GIVING UP ON THEIR KIDS AT RECORD RATES.
U DISAGREE WITH WHO THEY R AND DONT LISTEN TO FACTS. AND THAT MAKES U IGNORANT.
You suck McCain.
McCain is right.
Therefore, no one should be allowed to divorce, seperate, or die during a child's lifetime to ensure that everyone has a traditional, perfect family. Also, there should be no mixing of colours, no disabled parents, and personally I don't think ugly people should have babies either.
I also think that old people shouldn't be allowed to drive or be president of a a country.
Re: Amand –
HE IS A CHRISTIAN. HE HAS SAID THIS DOZENS OF TIMES. AND IF HE WERE MUSLIM, I DONT THINK THAT IS A REASON TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SOMEONE. GET OVER UR INSECURITIES. DONT NOT TRY TO SOUND EDUCATED WHEN UR NOT.
Re: megan –
STAY WITH HIM. HE HAS LOST THOUSANDS OF VOTES, HE NEEDS A FEW BIGOTS 2 STAY ON HIS SIDE.
The last time we let a 70 year old in the White House, everything crumbled and the fucker got Alzheimer's (muuuuuuch earlier than was reported). We don't need Regan Part 2. Please VOTE OBAMA.
Re: Thing –
SCIENTOLOGY IS A VERY DANGEROUS CULT THAT NEEDS 2 B AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS. DONT NOT LISTEN TO THIS FOOL.
Re: Mariaaa –
BASED ON WHAT R U SAYING THIS? NOTHING. DO U EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. I DOUBT IT. JUST MAKIND BLIND BIGOTED ASSUMPTIONS.
Thean #850— YOU FUCKING ROCK!!! right on!
Re: JIll –
NATURAL DOSENT HAVE EMOTIONS! IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS. R U SERIOUS. AIDS IS A 80% HETERO DISEASE. CARE 4 AN EXPLANATION. NO EVERYONE CAN TURN GAY SO THAT ARGUMENT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO LIFE AND IS INVALID. ALSO WHAT ABOUT SURROGACY. ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION. R KIDS LIFE LESS VALUABLE B/C THEY WERENT BORN BY MOM AND DAD. GAYS HAVE HAD AND WILL ALWAYS HAVE KIDS, SO U R WRONG. U HEAD IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FAR STUCK UP UR OWN ASS U 100% REFUSE 2 C THE FLAT-OUT BIGOTRY IN UR POSTS. U R SO PATHETIC IN YOU LIES AND U R AN INSULT TO MY INTELLIGENCE. TAKE UR BLINDERS OFF, AND C THE FACTS 4 WHAT THEY TRULY R, OR CONTINUE TO BE A BIGOT AND GET PASSED.
what a twat. if a gay couple were to adopt, wouldn't they BOTH be the parents - thus being an important part in the success of the family??? gays have just as much right to adopt as straight people. it's 2008 for shit's sake.
Re: ana – hahahahahaha you're PATHETIC
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Re: ana – feel sorry for yourself SKANK
he's so right
Is that really the questions that we should be inquiring about at this time???? Really…..I don't think so.
Re: Krist –
IN HIS OWN MIND. LOGICAL THINKING PEOPLE DISAGREE. NON-BIGOTED PEOPLE DISAGREE.
Re: thean – YEAH HAHAHAHA
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Re: mark –
Mark you might want to rethink that phrase. I wouldn't want Mc"Needs A"Cain anywhere near my nut sack.
"I think we've proven????"
Who has proven? You and your creepy wife or you and the poor 1st wife you fucked around on after she was disfigured in an automobile accident.
You know, I once thought that I would never be able to run for prez. (not that I ever wanted your douchebag job) because I had too much debaucherous fun, but thanks to you, Shorty McOldManFartSucker, I've learned that one can do the most miserable of deeds and still be revered in this douchebag republican-fucked country!!!!
First off, MOST gay/lesbian couples (like myself and my partner of 18 years) do not want children, but some do and if they are willing to provide for, care for, and love a child as their own what is wrong with that? (Rhetorical question)
Most children who are up for adoption are those of unwanted pregnancies or whose parents have been imprisoned for drug abuse. In the first scenario, this is typical among the Republican crowd. They want to ban abortion because they care oh sooooooo much for the unborn, but once they are born they are on their own, screw 'em even if there is a gay couple willing to adopt that child. In the second scenario, they are more than willing to take these people's kids from them, throw them in prison, and once again, don't give a rat's ass about what happens to those kids.
Republicans in general just SUCK when it comes to "family values". They have their priorities in ALL the wrong places.
By the way, shouldn't we be judging Cindy McCain? She's the one that STOLE from her charity in order to feed her addiction to prescription drugs. How is that considered a "family value", unless of course money is all that is needed to be considered "valuable".
Re: Tuth – Somehow, I think you loose credibility when you accuse Obama, Rev Wright and Trinity of being racist and then in the same sentence call them all a pack of monkeys.
gosh, i'm not even american, but
TEAM OBAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!
and back to the original subject of this whole thing.
i was born to two mothers. yes, two gay mothers, and it was wonderful. i don't ever remember being unhappy or feeling unloved. i had a better childhood than most of my friends who have straight parents. and you know, growing up around gay people, you wanna know who ended up sexually harassing me? (luckily i stopped having contact with this person before they could sexually ABUSE me) it was my straight, hard-working grandfather who served in the australian defence force in WWII. oh yeah. none of those "perverted" gay people that i spent much of my life with.
the worst thing that ever happened to me was when my MOTHERS broke up.
and you know what, neither me nor my brother are gay. gay parents do not equal gay children. are you people insane?
SO ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT GAY PEOPLE CAN'T BE AMAZING PARENTS IS KIDDING THEMSELVES. GAYS AND LESBIANS ARE THE HAPPIEST, NICEST, MOST ACCEPTING, MOST LOVING PEOPLE I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING. THE ONLY PEOPLE IN LIFE I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH HAVE ALL TURNED OUT TO BE STRAIGHT CONSERVATIVE FUCKS. FUNNY HUH?
PROPS TO PEREZ FOR BEING OUT AND PROUD IN A WORLD THAT STILL DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT.
Re: Shann – How can any gay American vote for McCain? You must hate yourself….
Re: Perez – I am a gay parent. Our kids were adopted by straight people from another country who CHANGED THEIR MINDS!!! It's not a sweater - these are children. Since no one else wanted them, we adopted them. Two years later, they are doign great. No thanks to straight people.
fuck all of you who agree with this asshole, what if you had been in an orphanage and no one wanted you other than a gay couple, would you rather have stayed in the orphanage?! i'm a lesbian and i plan on living in a country which respects who i am and if this douche bag wins i'm moving to Europe, I'm not a huge fan of Obama but I would kill myself before voting for another Bush! Just because i'm gay does not mean I can not raise a child, i know plenty of heterosexual couples who fuck up their children, no one is a perfect parent but its wrong to deny a loving home to any child!
Re: hotki – take the time out to read what you wrote again, and then tell me who the sick one is…
Let just pray this douchebag keels over and kicks the bucket before November.
Re: Jill – Wow…huh…I guess what I've been studying in Social Psychology about Fringe Sex Cultures, pony fetishes, plushies, swinging, etc…those are ALL GAY PEOPLE?! Funny…they showed pictures of both heterosexual and homosexual people performing those acts…huh…my COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS WRITTEN BY DOCTORS MUST BE WRONG! Go figure…just when you thought you could trust psychologists…it turns out that the only weird fucks walking around in the world are GAY! I now bow to your unspeackable genius, oh intelligent informed one!
Re: thean – THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST COMMENT OUT OF THE WHOLE BUNCH!!!!
Re: prote – #63 the idiot wrote: 1/3 of child sexual abuse is committed by a homosexual yet homosexuals make up only about 1/33 of the population. Numbers don't lie. Children need protection. Were you abused Perez? Did you like it?
WTF????? Where did you find those "facts"? You can't just pull numbers out of your ass and call them fact, fucking moron. 95.9% of ALL pedofiles are HETRO's you moron. DO A PROPER SEARCH BEFORE YOU POST SOMETHING ON HERE AND MAKE YOURSELF LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT
The only importance in a child's life is that there are people in his/her life that love that child unconditionally, forever, without exception or abandonment.
OBAMA IS THE ANTI-CHRIST.
Re: Anony – You are a moron…
John McCain is fucking moron!
If you don't believe in same sex marriage, don't get married to someone of the same sex!
Yes, because single mothers and single fathers should also be banned! They clearly have no business raising a child!
God. I'm moving.
in south africa, shit like this would never be tolerated from government officials. OUR HISTORY HAS TAUGHT US THAT EVERYONE IS EQUAL… NO MATTER WHERE YOU STICK UR DICK, OR WOT COLOUR UR SKIN IS.. WERE ALL FUCKING HUMAN AND DESERVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS ALL… seems to me mccain would benefit from some apartheid style discrimination of his white skin. well see how quickly he changes his tight ass tune!
Re: dick – having a name like DICK is unfair on all of us!
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I love reading all of these pro-McCain comments on here. It isn't that I agree with them. I just am curious as to why so many homophobes are visiting this site?
I think that there are a lot of people who need to come out of the closet.
Oh, McCain is a withered up old ball sack.
GOBAMA!
If someone wants to be gay, let them be gay! It's their life. If it doesn't affect you, then just back off. I support gay marriage! How dare you tell someone how to live their life, isn't this the land of the free? If a gay couple wants to have children, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I have gay, bi and lesbian friends. I support them. What if your son or daughter was gay? Would you hate them and disapprove of them? That's ridiculous. That's not fair to decide someone's lifestyle. John McCain, does someone else's sexual orientation affect you? I highly doubt that it does. It may bother you, but it doesn't affect you.
I hate Republicans, I really do. I personally think Sen. Clinton would've made an amazing President. But since she dropped out, I'm supporting Sen. Obama If you want a change for American, John McCain isn't the way to go. Can we honestly afford to have another Republican run this country? I strongly dislike George Bush, and to be honest, Sen. McCain reminds me EXACTLY of Bush. I already hate him with a passion. I'm sure I'm not the only person who feels that way.
I work at an upscale daycare, and it just so happens that theres A SINGLE LESBIAN ADOPTIVE MOTHER in my classroom, and ill tell you her daughter is hands down the poster child for perfect parenting. Shes intelligent, well-rounded and the nicest, happiest, kind-hearted little girl you will ever meet. So go ahead and tell the rest of the world that sexual orientation makes a difference in parenting… RIDICULOUS.
uh it's a new leaf ppl, it's a whole new generation where we're more informed and more accepting about people of different cultures, beliefs, sexuality etc etc than it used to be.
it's those people who still feel weirded out by difference who will continue to inject these opinions into their own children… personally i think that's a little depraving… how unfortunate for the child…
Re: kyle – well said… couldn't have phrased it better =D
That's bull shit
Re: prote – thats still only 1/3 u ignorant bastard what about the other 2/3? Most of those homo acts are dun by "straight" abusers i bet asshole! you need your asshole stretched!
Re: prote – are you psycho where did you even get those numbers, up your ass? okay it's okay to have an opinion but jeez calm the fuck down before you make yourself sound stupid
Its the prejudice of society that effects children brought up in gay homes.. Surely thats the problem we should concentrate on..
I disagree strongly. Gay people should have EQUAL RIGHTS to marriage and adoption!
He's right. Britney makes a much better parent than I ever could. Oh, and Dina Lohan. And, Joan Crawford. Hmmmm..what other heteros?
Also, if I were a 16 year old in a foster system, I'd never want to leave a youth home for a gay household. I mean, who wants a clean house with plenty of food and love?
McCain's so full of shit.
Drivel Perez….drivel.
Re: ERIKA –
THANK YOU. I totally agree.
I think McCain is SOMEWHAT correct. Kids who are raised in a non-traditional family, with two mothers, or two fathers, or whatever, are going to be (TO A CERTAIN EXTENT) different when it comes to social development. However, I don't think we should or can stop gay adoption as it is. Think about all the single parents, divorced parents…this is just part of growing up.
In short: I think it has an "effect" on the development of younger children, but not necessarily an adversely negative one. Let gay people have rights.
"both parents" which should be translated as two people. The second part of his sentence does not make sense. Then he doesn't believe in adoption. I have to assume by both he means the natural mum and dad.