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DeGeneres Needles McCain on Gay Marriage
Thursday, May 22, 2008
WA****NGTON -- Republican John McCain says same-*** couples should be
allowed to enter into legal agreements for insurance and other
purposes, but he opposes gay marriage and believes in "the unique
status of marriage between and man and a woman."
"And I know that we have a respectful disagreement on that issue," the
likely Republican presidential nominee said in an interview to air
Thursday on "The Ellen DeGeneres show."
McCain, who also opposes an amendment to the Constitution to ban
same-*** unions, said people should be encouraged to enter into legal
agreements, particularly for insurance and other areas where decisions
need to be made.
DeGeneres needled McCain on the issue, arguing that she and the
senator from Arizona aren't different.
Last week, after the California Supreme Court cleared the way for gay
marriage in that state, DeGeneres announced on her program her
engagement to longtime girlfriend ****tia de Rossi.
"We are all the same people, all of us. You're no different than I am.
Our love is the same," she said. "When someone says, 'You can have a
contract, and you'll still have insurance, and you'll get all that,'
it sounds to me like saying, 'Well, you can sit there, you just can't
sit there.'
"It feels like we are not, you know, we aren't owed the same things
and the same wording," DeGeneres said.
McCain said he's heard her "articulate that position in a very
eloquent fa****on. We just have a disagreement. And I, along with many,
many others, wish you every happiness."
DeGeneres steered the conversation back toward the humor she's known
for.
"So, you'll walk me down the aisle? Is that what you're saying?" she
asked.
"Touche," McCain said.
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