Bob "Taliban Bob" McDonnell Now Says He Supports Single Gays Adopting

I don't know if it's yet another case of Virginia Governor Bob "Taliban Bob" McDonnell talking out of his mouth or it's a case of posturing so as to not look as extreme as McDonnell longs of being on a national GOP ticket, but for McDonnell to say he supports single gays being able to adopt, but not same sex couples because they aren't married is the height of hypocrisy. McDonnell and his Christianist supporters worked tirelessly to make sure that the committed relationships of same sex couples in Virginia receive ZERO legal recognition. Indeed, in Virginia my ownership of my Chihuahua receives more legal recognition than my relationship with my partner. Like the typical Christianist, McDonnell blames the victims of his own handiwork and sets up the GOP created legal disabilities of gays as justification for continued unequal treatment. Meanwhile, I suspect McDonnell's statement will bring down the fury of the gay hating Christofascists at The Family Foundation. Here are highlights from the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
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Gov. Bob McDonnell said Tuesday that he supports allowing single gay people to adopt, but he continued his opposition to expanding the adoptive-parent pool to unmarried couples. In Virginia, single people can adopt, regardless of their sexual orientation, and married couples can adopt. Unmarried couples cannot adopt.
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Asked Tuesday on WTOP radio if he believes a person's sexual orientation makes the person a bad parent, McDonnell, a social conservative, said no. He said that's not the law anyway, which allows a single person — gay or straight — to adopt. He said he supports the existing rules.
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"But there are factors that go into that," he said. "Social services has to look at the home, they do a home study and they do other things to determine what other factors in the lifestyle might be a factor. But I believe and this has been true … throughout American history, is that a two-parent, loving family of a mom and a dad is still really the best way to raise a child."
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McDonnell also said he would not sign a bill similar to what the Arizona legislature passed that would require presidential candidates to prove they are American citizens, born in the United States, in order to be put on the state ballot. Arizona's governor blocked the measure. "I think this is a side issue," McDonnell said. "The president's a citizen. He's an American." He said the problem with the president is his policies, not where he was born.