Trish R

"In response to a question from a reporter about a quote in which Sen. John McCain said he didn’t believe in gay adoption, the Arizona senator seemed to suggest gay couples who adopt children only constitute a single parent and therefore shouldn’t be able to adopt." - Trish R

Are you serious? Oh my goodness. - Michelle Martinez

I think the statement is more offensive to single parents than gay couples. - Trish R

Trish - agreed! I don't think McCain thought that one all the way through. But what does "seemed to suggest" mean? ... ok read the article. So apparently McCain actually does not recommend anyone outside a traditional husband-wife couple from adopting. Wow. - Phil Glockner

He could be just a natural idiot or this could be early signs of dementia. Either way I hope he doesn't become the next president, The world is in enough trouble. - Brian Sullivan

@brian does or doesn't? - Nick

We call this pandering to the base :D And hitting his head one too many times during ejecting from the several aircraft he crashed. - Earl E Morningwood via fftogo

Doesn't -- makes a difference in the meaning of the post I guess ;-) - Brian Sullivan

Yeah, I don't think he "seemed to suggest" anything. He said it, plain and clear. I was just copying the quote from the story. - Trish R

@Paul L. McCord Jr Even if you are personally offended by homosexuality, how can you equate two human beings to one? The math doesn't work. - Sia Stewart

I don't understand your comment, Paul. What's dishonorable about providing a loving home for a child? - Trish R

McCain homoFEAr is alive, yes lets punish the child - Fred Grott

Anything for a wedge issue. McCain would love to run on anything other than his party's track record. Gay adoption? Just the ticket. - Chris Baskind

Just ripping another page out of the Karl Rove playbook. - Akiva Moskovitz

Wow - I'm dumbfounded. Next thing you know, he's going to say that Obama shouldn't be President because he's only 3/5ths a person.... - George Smith

Paul, what's dishonorable about being homosexual? - Tad, Fool

Paul: How can you state that homosexuality being disgusting is a 'fact'? You're not citing any evidence to support your position... Finding another word to describe your bigotry doesn't make it any more true, or make you seem any less ignorant. As for McCain being as left-wing as Obama, that just emphasises how detached from reality you are. - Alexander Carlill

Well, I'd guess that Paul finding homosexuality disgusting IS a fact. And I'm not sure that there's something wrong with that. What's wrong, though is attempting to use government force to deny homosexuals the same rights as everyone else. - Tad, Fool

I dunno, man. Have you ever seen two guys kiss? GRODY!!!!!! [And, yes, turn your humors on. [And, yes, I hate emoticons so much I'd rather type out all of this stuff than use one. [I have no idea why I used square brackets instead of parentheses, though. [Hi, Mom!]]]] - Akiva Moskovitz

Akiva: I think you just summed up Paul's entire thought process on the issue. - Alexander Carlill

"This is not homophobic, but fact" -- not to pile on, but that kind of comment is based on emotion, not fact. - Cee Bee

Tad, truth. We need to finish oppressing women first. The homosexuals can wait. - Akiva Moskovitz

Blacks could do with some putting down as well, they're getting presumptuous. A coloured president? Come on. - Alexander Carlill

homosexuality is not bad by itself. But with the wider acceptance of same gender sexual preference /rights. I think that many of them "flaunt" themselves in public, just b'coz they can -kinda thing. Now that is DISGUSTING !! to me its the same thing as a rich woman showing of all diamonds .. jus because she has them.. - Peter Dawson

Or heterosexuals walking around with infants? Actual living, screaming, eating, drinking, urping, pooping proof of their sexuality and gender preference? How dare they. - Akiva Moskovitz

Jesus Christ, they've been oppressed for a while now... I think the least we can do is let them flaunt themselves a little. - Alexander Carlill

Peter, what do you mean by "flaunt themselves in public?" I don't have a problem with seeing a gay couple together, holding hands or being openly affectionate with each other. However, it offends me just as much to see a hetero couple groping each other in public. - Trish R

Statements like Paul's always make me think of repressed homosexuality. - AJ Kohn

AJ: Paul just dreams of being able to flaunt who he really is. - Alexander Carlill

@Alexander: :) American Beauty style eh? - AJ Kohn

Stupid gay people and all their existing and stuff. - Tad, Fool

"Flaunting," of course, meaning you're not lying about who you are, hiding, or living in fear of exposure. - Chris Baskind

AJ: Looks like it. - Alexander Carlill

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks." - Hamlet - AJ Kohn

Paul definitely isn't a lady, though. He's a real man's man, the Bogart of FriendFeed. - Alexander Carlill

C'mon, now. No need to ridicule. It's one thing to disagree with someone and another to be rude. - Akiva Moskovitz

@Paul: Against nature? Not exactly: http://www.sciam.com/article.c... But, even if it were "against nature," so are wearing clothes, driving cars, etc. etc. depending on how you define "nature." - Shannon Jiménez

the Log Cabin Republicans won't be pleased - Robert Hafer

I stopped using Log Cabin syrup because of those guys. - Akiva Moskovitz

Geez. All this while I thought people like this existed only in The Onion! I need to grow up to the real world i guess... - Yuvi (has IRL friends!)