The sponsors of a ballot
initiative that seeks to ban same-sex marriage in California say
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has endorsed the measure.
The ProtectMarriage.com campaign says it received an e-mail from
McCain Thursday in which the Arizona senator expressed his support for
the group's efforts "to recognize marriage as a unique institution
between a man and a woman."
McCain has previously said that
while he does not back banning same-sex marriage at the federal level,
he thinks it is appropriate for states to do so.
In 2006, he
came out in favor of a ballot measure, ultimately rejected by voters in
his home state, that would have banned gay marriage and prohibited
granting any spousal rights to unmarried couples in Arizona.
