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PageOneQ UPDATED: 10:40am ET The six page report, Senator John McCain: A record of opposing the interests of LGBT Americans, includes sections on McCain's record on LGBT civil rights, the treatment of same-sex couples, workplace discrimination, and other policy areas of interest to the LGBT community. "It is not surprising, considering John McCain has changed his policy on both gay marriage and domestic partnerships during the course of a single political talk show in the past," he added. In a statement released with the report, HRC VP of Programs David Smith said "We’ve witnessed President Bush over the last seven years repeatedly side with ultra-conservatives and the religious right at the expense of protections for GLBT Americans. "Judging by his record, a McCain presidency would be another four years of more of the same. Similar to Bush, Sen. John McCain opposes equal benefits for same-sex couples; opposes the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to prohibit discrimination against GLBT Americans in the workplace; opposes expanding the hate crimes act to include sexual orientation and gender identity, and supports the military’s discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy," Smith added. The HRC report and a one page summary of the report may be found here. In conjunction with the report, HRC debuted a video about McCain's policy stands on LGBT issues: In April, Schecter appeared on The Young Turks to speak about McCain. The segment follows...
The Political Action Committee of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBT civil rights organization, has released a report on GOP presumptive presidential nominee, John McCain.
Shown the copy of the report obtained in advance by PageOneQ, Cliff Schecter, author of The Real McCain (site - purchase) and writer and editor of Cliff Schecter's Campaign Silo at Firedoglake, said "This report by the Human Rights Campaign makes it is clear that John McCain would bring the same right-wing bias and politically expedient flip flops to GLBT policy as he does to the rest of the policy arena.
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Originally published on Tuesday June 3, 2008.