Eric Cantor's wife recently expressed her support for marriage equality:
Along the same lines, Cindy McCain recently cut a new ad in support of equality. Queerty is unimpressed:
Is this some kind of conspiracy by the Republican Party to look progressive without alienating its bigoted base? Because a few nice words from the little lady ain’t gonna cut it. It means less than nothing.
J. Bryan Lowder counters:
For a party of which some segment believes that the wife should be absolutely submissive to her husband, these women are undoubtedly positive role models. And while it’s true that they themselves don’t vote on legislation, it does not follow that their words and actions are somehow less meaningful than their spouses’. If anything, their support of civil rights for gays is all the more powerful because it has survived the conforming pressures of marriage.
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