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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I 100% agree with John McCain!
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!
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!