You know how the press makes it seem like John McCain is somehow a moderate, despite his very conservative voting record? One issue that did set McCain apart from the other right wing whackos was his opposition to the anti-gay constitutional amendment. Those days may be over now that he's making nice with renowned gay basher Jerry Falwell.
Well, that is if Falwell is believable. Think Progress has the details via ABC News:
When McCain accepted an invitation to be Liberty University's graduation speaker, he spoke with Falwell by phone about the marriage issue. According to Falwell, McCain is not pushing for a federal marriage amendment at this time. But McCain "reconfirmed" to Falwell that he would support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman if a federal court were to strike down state constitutional bans on gay marriage.If Falwell is right then McCain is willing to throw the gay and lesbian community under the bus just to to get an invite to speak at Falwell's college.
McCain isn't quoted in the ABC News article which was posted yesterday. I just did a google news search and didn't find any articles that have McCain saying anything to contradict Falwell. "Straight Talk" McCain sure knows a lot of the traditional media. One of them needs to ask what his version of this story is. Otherwise, McCain is letting Falwell speak for him.
