[From NO H8 Campaign]
January 20th, 2010
In the year since we’ve started the NOH
Campaign, we’ve often been surprised at some of the different
individuals who have approached us showing their support. Few,
though, have surprised us more than Cindy McCain -
the wife of Senator John McCain and mother to vocal marriage
equality advocate Meghan McCain.
The McCains are one of the most well-known Republican families in
recent history, and for Mrs. McCain to have reached out to us to
offer her support truly means a lot. Although we had worked with
Meghan McCain before and were aware of her own position, we’d
never really thought the cause might be something her mother would
get behind. We have a huge amount of respect for both of these women
for being brave enough to make it known they support equal marriage
rights for all Americans.
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. It’s about human rights, and everybody being
treated equally in the eyes of the law that runs and protects this
country.
Meghan McCain was asked to be the keynote speaker at next month’s
National Equality Week at George Washington University for her
advocacy. In an odd bit of timing, a student Republican organization
has become upset that she’ll be giving that speech — and have
publicly voiced their disapproval over the ordeal
(you can read more about it here:
http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/meghan_mccain_is_redefining_republican).
The group was hoping Meghan would speak under the banner of
"Redefining Republican: No Labels, No Boxes, No Stereotypes."
Tags: keynote speaker, george washington university, john mccain, marriage rights, cindy mccain <BR/>