Glen Greenwald, Salon, September 1, 2007
Here is John McCain’s “straight talk”, in defense of traditional marriage yesterday, regarding the Iowa state court’s decision declaring unconstitutional that state’s opposite-sex-only marriage law:
John McCain also entered the fray last night, calling the decision “a loss for the traditional family,” and noting that he supports “the traditional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.”
By stark contrast, this is John McCain’s “straight action”:
McCain was still married and living with his wife in 1979 while, according to The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof, “aggressively courting a 25-year-old woman who was as beautiful as she was rich.” McCain divorced his wife, who had raised their three children while he was imprisoned in Vietnam, then launched his political career with his new wife’s family money.
How can John McCain claim to believe that the law should recognize only “traditional marriages” while simultaneously demanding that the law recognize his own so-called “second marriage” — also known as “an adulterous relationship” under the precepts of “traditional marriage” (Mark 10:11 — “And he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her”).