Meghan McCain, the daughter of Arizona
Senator John McCain, has lauded a federal judge's rulings striking
down Arizona's ban on gay marriage.
“Marriage equality is now legal in my
home state of Arizona!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,”
she tweeted Friday to her nearly 250,000 followers. “Fuck yes,
finally!!!!!!!”
(Related: Arizona
Gov. Jan Brewer, AG Tom Horne agree: No appeal in gay marriage
ruling.)
Cathi Herrod, president of the Center
for Arizona Policy, a group which worked for passage of the state's
constitutional amendment defining marriage as a heterosexual union,
said in a statement that she was “heartbroken.”
“I am heartbroken for a country and a
state that has had the redefinition of marriage forced upon them by
an out of control federal judiciary,” Herrod said in a statement.
She added that the decision will hurt
children, “Today, we grieve. We grieve for the children who now
have no chance of growing up with a mom and a dad,” and vowed to
soldier on.
“But we do not despair. We do not
throw in the towel. We do not give up.”
“Just as we have worked to build a
culture of life, we will focus on rebuilding a culture of marriage as
the union of one man and one woman,” she added.