Cindy McCain, the wife of Senator John McCain, is taking a stand for marriage equality. McCain, along with her daughter Meghan, has posed for NOH8, a campaign opposing Proposition 8 (Washington Post). Senator McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, does not share his wife and daughter's views on marriage equality. He remains opposed to same-sex marriage.
Interestingly, the timing of Cindy McCain's participation in NOH8 could complicate Perry v. Schwarzenegger, now underway in federal court in California. As Margaret Talbot notes in her coverage of the Prop. 8 trial in the New Yorker, one of the plaintiffs key arguments rests on the premise that LGBT people are a politically vulnerable group deserving of the strict scrutiny of the court. Having a high-profile political supporter could undermine that argument.
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