Meghan McCain, daughter of Arizona
Senator John McCain, has questioned President Barack Obama's
commitment to gay rights, saying his endorsement of marriage equality
is “not enough for me.”
Appearing on Sirius XM's The
Michelangelo Signorile Show to pitch a book she co-wrote with
comedian Michael Ian Black titled America, You Sexy Bitch,
McCain also attacked gay GOP group GOProud, which recently endorsed
Mitt Romney for president.
“I am a Log Cabin Republican member,”
she said. “As far as I'm concerned, GOProud is a rogue group that
has publicly said very nasty things about me, very nasty things. And
they're the type of gay Republicans that I think exacerbate the
stereotype. Ann Coulter is who they had speak at one of their
conventions and was touted as some kind of icon, a woman who uses gay
slurs on television. In gay Republican circles, GOProud are not
respected. They do not like me and I do not like them.”
McCain added that she was “not
impressed with Obama going on TV and saying, 'I have gay friend and I
think they should get married.' That to me is the same thing as
saying, 'I have black friends and they should get married but I'm not
actually going to pass legislation that interracial marriage should
happen.'”
“[A]s far as I'm concerned, he's not
doing enough for the gay community and it's not enough to sway me.”
“I know lots of gay people that are
voting for Romney. Because I think in America, people aren't
one-issue voters,” she added.
Listen to the entire interview at The
Huffington Post.