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June 28, 2012

John McCain's daughter says president should be touting federal legislation

The daughter of 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain has stood apart from many Republicans by standing up very publicly for LGBT equality.

But that doesn't mean she's ready to vote for Barack Obama because he became the first sitting US president in history to endorse gay marriage.

March 8, 2012

But wife of Republican US Sen. John McCain does not think he's a bigot

Cindy McCain appeared on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight Wednesday (7 March) and was asked about Kirk Cameron's anti-gay comments on the same program five days earlier.

'He has his views, I respect that,' the wife of US Sen. John McCain said before adding, 'I strongly disagree.'

January 4, 2012

The 2008 Repubican presidential nominee has been no friend of gays, but Cindy and Meghan McCain are publicly for LGBT equality

As most of the GOP presidential hopefuls slugging it out at today's Iowa Caucuses remain steadfastly against LGBT equality, the wife and daughter of the 2008 Republican nominee are no longer toeing the party line.

Sen. John McCain's wife, Cindy, and daughter, Meghan, have posed for photographer Adam Bouska for a joint portrait for the NOH8 campaign which celebrated its third anniversary in December.

It is the second time the McCains have posed for a NOH8 portrait but previously they had posed separately.