McCain "clarifies" his stance on gay adoption...

Republican Presidential nominee John McCain really struck my last good nerve when he said in a recent article that "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."

PFLAG, "disappointed and saddened by McCain's remarks jumped all over him with Executive Director Jody M. Huckaby saying, in part: "In a country where more than 125,000 children are waiting for foster parents, Senator McCain would deny loving homes to children who desperately need them simply because of an outdated prejudice about what a family may look like."

"Love makes a family, but short-sighted positions like Senator McCain's can certainly tear families apart, too. Senator McCain's position is out of synch with the research and science and out of step with what is in the best interests of children waiting for a home and a family."

McCain ends up looking really bad in this. So, of course, his director of communications Jill Hazelbaker sent out a statement of clarification which I don't think really helps much: "...He was not endorsing any federal legislation. McCain's 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. McCain believes that in those situations that caring parental figures are better for the child than the alternative."