As several gay rights groups criticized Senator John McCain for saying he opposed gay adoption, the McCain campaign issued a clarification on Tuesday saying that he believed the issue should be decided by the states, and that such adoptions should not be subject to a federal ban.Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said in an interview with The New York Times that was published Sunday that he opposed allowing same-sex couples to adopt children. "I think that we've proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don't believe in gay adoption," ...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama today released yet another new campaign ad. While his previous advertorial endeavors have focused largely on his biography and political evolution, the new 30-second spot - entitled “America’s Leadership” - broadens the candidate’s perspective a bit by taking on the “greatest threat” against America: nukes. [The] commercial is being released on the same day that Senator Barack Obama is giving what his campaign billed as a “major policy address” on Iraq and Afghanistan in Washington, D.C., and when his opponent, Senator John McCain is in New Mexico, offering his views on the wars. ...

Citing research from the American Academy of Pediatrics that children who grow up raised by gay parents "fare as well in emotional, cognitive, social, and sexual functioning as do children whose parents are heterosexual," PFLAG has hit back at Senator John McCain's ignorant remarks to the New York Times over the weekend that he and his wife Cindy and their heterosexual marriage are the ultimate example of what adoptive parents should look like. Said McCain: "I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don’t believe in gay adoption." Responded ...

Amazing. The folks at Pensito Review have been doing a little research this afternoon: At about 2:30 p.m, when I checked the John McCain website for confirmation that Troy King, the attorney general of Alabama, was McCain’s Alabama campaign chairman, I found this link to a news release on the site. A few minutes after I posted the article, “McCain’s Alabama Chairman Reportedly Outed - Attorney General Troy King Has a Record of Homophobic Rhetoric,” a commenter let me know that McCain webpage was blank. A search on the campaign site for “Troy King” returned no results, however ...

It is 4am, and I can seemto sleep… Maybe we should check out all the civil liberties being taken away??? 1. On orders from Senator John McCain’s security detail, Denver police escorted a 61-year-old woman away who was waiting in line to attend a so-called town hall meeting with McCain that was billed as open to the public.Video Here 2. In the united states, many security agencies are advocating that every airline passenger wears a taser bracelet. More Info 3. Julio Alonso, the founder of the leading Spanish blog network Weblogs SL, has been fined €9,000 plus legal costs for ...