Some of you may have read Sen. John McCain’s remarks on gay adoption in an interview he gave to the New York Times.

Today, the campaign clarified those remarks by saying:

“McCain could have been clearer in the interview in stating that his position on gay adoption is that it is a state issue, just as he made it clear in the interview that marriage is a state issue.  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,” – Jill Hazelbaker, McCain Campaign Director of Communications

In response to this clarification, Patrick Sammon, president of Log Cabin Republicans, had this to say:

“We are pleased that Senator McCain clarified the remarks and we thank the Senator for once again re-iterating his belief that issues concerning marriage and family laws should be left up to the states – not the federal government.  The fundamental principle of federalism has made our party and our country strong – and those in our party who would seek to sacrifice this core value in order to push an extreme anti-gay agenda do damage to our party and our country.”

-posted by Scott Tucker