Jul

17

Meghan McCain Disses Her Father’s BFF Joe the Plumber

Filed Under LGBT, Politics 

I don’t trust Meghan McCain. After I sent Meghan a question on Twitter asking her why she waited until after her father lost his bid for the presidency to speak up about her support for gay rights, she blocked me. I guess she’s not ready to answer to the gays who haven’t fallen for her BS yet.

Meghan McCain was silent about gay rights issues while her Daddy ran for president, now she’s suddenly a staunch advocate for gay rights. And if that’s not enough to make you roll your eyes, we’re learning she had strong opinions that varied from her father regarding his BFF Joe the Plumber. Like a true flip-floppin’ politician, MCain’s now suckin’ up to the gays and supposedly (although I seriously doubt it) finding her own voice (of course since it’s now safe to do so!):

Meghan McCain has always done her best to prove that, sometimes, the apple does fall far from the tree.

And now, she’s at it again.

During a recent interview with Out Magazine, the 24-year-old Republican openly dismissed the importance of Joe the Plumber, the everyman character on which her father John McCain’s campaign hinged. “Joe the Plumber — you can quote me — is a dumbass. He should stick to plumbing,” she said. [read the rest of the story]

Other news . . .

  • Episcopals’ First Openly Gay Bishop Speaks:

    • This week, gay-rights advocates at the Episcopal Church convention here chalked up two major victories — moves that both liberals and conservatives agree are probably a turning point in their church’s history.

    Earlier in the week, the church voted to open the door to ordaining openly gay bishops. And on Thursday the bishops voted to start the process of developing rites for blessing same-sex marriages, and to give the green light to bishops who are already doing so. [read the rest of the story]

  • State liquor chief apologizes for raid on Fort Worth gay bar:

    • The head of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said two agents violated policy by raiding a Fort Worth gay bar on June 28, and that their supervisor has announced his retirement.

    “I don’t think we have to dig very deep to figure out that TABC has violated some of their policies,” Commissioner Alan Steen said in an interview with The Dallas Voice, a newspaper that focuses on matters of particular interest to gay readers. [ the rest of the story]

  • Calif. removed from federal gay marriage case:

    • A judge has agreed to remove the state of California as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging the 1996 law that prevents the U.S. government from recognizing same-sex marriages.

    U.S. District Judge David Carter says the state is no longer an appropriate target in the case because the gay couple who brought it got married in California last year before voters approved a ban on same-sex unions. [read the rest of the story]

  • Taleon Goffney, Gay Porn Actor, Gets Prison Time for Burglary

    • Taleon Goffney, a gay porn actor, is going to prison, reports the Associated Press. Taleon Goffney was busted last year for breaking into a beauty shop. And now it’s time for Taleon Goffney to pay the piper; he pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal conspiracy charges, and, according to The Associated Press, will be going to prison for at least three years.

    The Taleon Goffney story would be interesting enough if it were just about a gay porn actor going to prison for burglary. [read the rest of the story]

  • Video Fix: Gay penguins break-up, a lady penguin did it

  • Bill Clinton now supports gay marriage:

    • Guess who now favors same sex marriage? The godfather of the “Defense of Marriage Act”, Bill Clinton.

    BC was speaking at the liberal Campus Progress National Conference when he was asked if he personally supported same-sex marriage. Said Bill: “Yeah.” “I personally support people doing what they want to do,” Clinton said. “I think it’s wrong for someone to stop someone else from doing that [same-sex marriage].” [ the rest of the story]

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