Sen. John McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, told The New York Times recently he does not support gay adoption.
“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," he said.
But today, he backed off that stance.
Jill Hazelbaker, McCain's director of communications, issued this statement:
"McCain expressed his personal preference for children to be raised by a mother and a father wherever possible. However, as an adoptive father himself, McCain believes children deserve loving and caring home environments, and he recognizes that there are many abandoned children who have yet to find homes."
Jenny Tyree, associate marriage analyst at Focus on the Family Action, said she was disappointed by the flip-flop.
"He almost got this one right," she said. "He’s ignoring both the success of his own family — giving his children a married mom and dad — and the social science evidence that indicates that’s where children do best.”
Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, also supports gay adoption.
