Appearing at a campaign rally in Tennessee, John McCain was met with sustained cheers after stating that he believes "in the sanctity and unique status of marriage between man and woman."
As the cheers began, McCain added "That's what I believe, that's what I support, and that's what I will fight for."
During the ongoing cheers, McCain thanked the audience twice for their response.
In 2004, during the debate over the Federal Marriage Amendment, McCain told CNN that "The constitutional amendment we're debating today strikes me as antithetical in every way to the core philosophy of Republicans, it usurps from the states a fundamental authority they have always possessed and imposes a federal remedy for a problem that most states do not believe confronts them."
McCain split with his party and voted against the amendment in both 2004 and 2006.
Although often reported as supporting civil unions as an alternative to marriage, Mccain has supported state constitutional amendments banning both marriage equality and civil unions.
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