McSybil "rethinks" gay adoption

By GottaLaff

Don't get me started. Too late:

Advocates for gay and lesbian families are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential campaign to clarify Tuesday that he does not seek a federal ban on the practice. Only one state, Florida, outlaws gay adoptions, which have become commonplace in much of the nation.

Way to be inclusive and compassionate. McCain:

"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," McCain replied.

McCain then remarked that he and his wife, Cindy, were proud to be adoptive parents of a daughter born in Bangladesh, and he encouraged others to adopt. Asked if those adopting should be a "traditional couple," McCain answered, "Yes."

We don't see many photos of his Bangladesh-born daughter, do we? And what was that about "both" parents are important? What, a gay couple consists of a single parent?

The responses were condemned by gay and lesbian groups.

"He's completely out of touch," said Kara Suffredini, public policy director for the Family Equality Council. "There's no reason, except for the sake of red meat for his base, to throw up screens in the way of children in foster care getting homes."

Jody Huckaby, executive director of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, said McCain's comments were especially dismaying because more than 100,000 children are in foster care waiting to be adopted.

But this is simply McHomophobic's "personal view", his campaign sputtered, nothing more.

Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, said McCain "needs to read the research and rethink his comments*."

Adam, you mistakenly assume J Sid thinks.

Recent national polls suggest that support for the concept of gay adoption is growing. A 2006 poll by the Pew Research Center found a near-even split on the issue; a 2007 poll by CNN and Opinion Research Corp. said 57 percent of respondents felt gays should have the right to adopt, while 40 percent said they shouldn't. [...]

McCain's Democratic rival, Barack Obama, supports adoption rights for gays and lesbians.

This just in, via Bucky-- McFlippy "*rethinks his comments":

"McCain could have been clearer in the interview in stating that his position on gay adoption is that it is a state issue, just as he made it clear in the interview that marriage is a state issue. He was not endorsing any federal legislation. McCain's expressed his personal preference for children to be raised by a mother and a father wherever possible. However, as an adoptive father himself, McCain believes children deserve loving and caring home environments, and he recognizes that there are many abandoned children who have yet to find homes. McCain believes that in those situations that caring parental figures are better for the child than the alternative."

There he goes again, going all Obama on us. However, it's not enough, because saying that it's a "state issue" is a cop out. And how big of him to concede that gay couples are a solution of last resort.

UPATE: From Commenter Bucky, a gay father of an adopted child. Bucky, you are one of the best people I've ever met. This quote from your comment helps to prove that:

So it's okay for The Gays to adopt the kids that nobody else wants. And let's be clear, nobody else is interested in these kids because they have so many problems. These kids are the ones that need parents with the best skills and support. But you want to give these kids to gay people that you think are unfit to be parents.

Let's forget what that says about how you feel about gay poeple, John. What the f*** does that say about how you feel about children?