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Friday, December 14, 2007
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), voted for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. He also said that states don't have to recognize same-sex marriages performed by another state. He is opposed to a federal constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, choosing to leave it to the states, and supports some legal benefits for same-sex partners.
In 2004, McCain rejected President Bush's call for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. He said, "The founders wisely made certain that the Constitution is difficult to
amend and, as a practical political matter, can't be done without
overwhelming public approval. And thank God for that."
But in 2005, McCain said that he would ban same-sex marriages and government benefits to unmarried couples in his home state of Arizona.
McCain has said that would not repeal the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy, especially during a time of war.
McCain has said he opposes hate crimes legislation that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the definition. The Human Rights Campaign has given McCain a 33 percent rating on its congressional scorecard.
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