Some Thoughts on McCain and the Constitution

"We're dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal and endowed by our creator with inalienable rights," he said.
Hmmmmm....
I am wondering if this applies to gays and lesbians; I am wondering how they will incorporate equal rights for all and reality.
If you take McCain's remarks at face value, then all people have the right to marry the one they love as well as receive all the rights, responsibilities, hassle and joy of marriage.
Doesn't this fly in the face of the religious right/traditional values people who support McCain?
It summons to mind that McCain's speech was not really how he sees the republican party working in America.
Many years ago, I spoke at the state capitol in Sacramento, advocating AB101, which would have given gays and lesbians equal rights in California.
My feeling was, and still is, if gays and lesbians are required to pay taxes like everyone else, they ought to enjoy the benefits and burdens of equality as well.
It's not a religious or political position; it is simply the position set out by our forefathers - that every one is created equal, and everyone is GUARANTEED equality under our constitution.
The forefathers of our nation never distinguished gays and lesbians as a group of people NOT covered under our constitution, there is no footnote with regards to homosexuality in the document&183;
Our constitution also guarantees the separation of church and state, meaning government cannot dictate religion and religion cannot dictate government.
One does not exist without the other.
I am just wondering how the McCain campaign might address this issue; I'd love to be a fly on the wall for that discussion.