Sep 07, 2007Quickie Link: The Teen Who Challenged John McCain
By vanrozenheim
(USA) - William Sleaster, a sophomore at Concord High, doesn't like John McCain. The eighth visit by a presidential candidate this year was explosive, after Sleaster injected fire that some thought disrespectful. On Tuesday, Sleaster inquired about McCain's view on gay issues. When he heard no support for civil unions, much less gay marriage, he went on the attack, asking, "So you would want to take away someone's rights because you think it's wrong?" "It may have been disrespectful, but he discriminates against me and my people," Sleaster said. "If he walked in there to Tide Pride Monday morning and started dropping sexual slurs, we wouldn't shake his hand and say, 'Thanks for coming.' That's why I didn't shake his hand and say, 'Thanks for coming.' I regret nothing."
