John McCain on Gay Marriage: “Smart people tell me…”
April 22, 2009
OOOOPS! What happens when smart people are wrong?
John McCain: “Smart people tell me that that decision will be reversed by a higher court.”
In September, 2007, Senator John McCain was in Gladbrook, Ia. campaigning at a house party. He spoke on the lawn at the home of Lynn and Claire Handorf and then took questions from the audience and press.
Regarding a Polk County ruling that allowed at least one gay couple to marry in Des Moines, Senator McCain said, “Smart people tell me that that decision will be reversed by a higher court.”
McCain said he would support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, “if there was a superior federal court that said that the states don’t have the right to regulate the status of marriage…but I certainly don’t [support an amendment] when the states are deciding.”
My new question: Where are these smart people now?
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