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Joshua Rosenau spends his days defending the teaching of evolution at the National Center for Science Education. He is also a graduate student at the University of Kansas, completing a doctorate in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. When not modeling species distributions or battling creationists, he writes about developments in progressive politics and the sciences.

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McCain: Kids are better off parentless than in gay households

Category: Policy and Politics
Posted on: July 14, 2008 7:28 PM, by Josh Rosenau

Via ThinkProgress:

Q: President Bush believes that gay couples should not be permitted to adopt children. Do you agree with that?

Mr. 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.

Only Florida currently bans adoption by all same sex couples. There are about 65,000 children who have been adopted by gay or lesbian couples nationwide, and I doubt any of them would have preferred to float through the foster care system.

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Mr. 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.

Are two bone-smokers or two taco-eaters TWO FRAKKIN' PARENTS or not?!?!?

Or did the shell-shocked suck-hole mean two parents who are one-man-one-woman-no-matter-how-miserable-and-unhappy-they-may-be-together-thus-not-good-familial-and-parental-role-models?

What a complete tool. WTF is my Maker's Mark?

Posted by: Jeb, FCD | July 14, 2008 8:15 PM

Or how many times they get divorced and remarried...

Posted by: The Ridger | July 14, 2008 8:48 PM

As the child of a single parent, dating the child of a single parent, i have to wonder what his plan is for future children of single parents?

Money where mouth is, etc....

Posted by: yttrai | July 15, 2008 8:22 AM

I 100% agree with John McCain!

Posted by: Russ | July 15, 2008 11:27 AM

Adoptive children of gay parents are playground hamburger.
That has to be a great way to grow up!
To avoid this the gay parents will need school vouchers so they can send the kids to Lalaland schools where everybody is a winner every day!

Posted by: DaPrez | July 17, 2008 11:11 AM

Russ; Good for you. What America needs most is less children in happy homes.

DaPrez; You just used one of the same arguments that was used when anti-miscegenation statutes were being overturned. Kudos!

Posted by: Modusoperandi | July 18, 2008 12:24 PM