Two socially conservative Christian groups have taken out an full-page advertisement in USA Today, criticizing Arizona Sen. John McCain's opposition to a federal constitutional ban on gay marriages.
The Family Research Council and Focus on the Family paid for the ad, which also faults U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, R-N.Y. for not supporting a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a heterosexual union.
USA Today is an arm of McLean,Va.-based Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI). Gannett also is the parent of the Arizona Republic and KPNX-TV Channel 12, the Valley's NBC television affiliate.
McCain supports a proposed state gay marriage ban ballot question and voted for federal legislation that limits marriage to partners of the opposite sex. Sen. Clinton also supports that bill, which was signed into law by her husband, former president Bill Clinton.
Neither Mrs. Clinton or McCain support a proposed gay marriage constitutional amendment favored by President Bush, conservative Christians and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. McCain prefers the issue be left up to individual states.
The conservative jab at McCain comes as Bush makes a push for a federal gay marriage ban amendment and as the Arizona Republican tries to reach out to the political right and Evangelicals in preparation for a possible run in the 2008 presidential race.
McCain has been reaching out to Christian conservatives and attempting to heal wounds from the 2000 presidential primaries and fights over campaign finance reforms. Mrs. Clinton is also a top Democratic presidential hopeful for 2008.
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