--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > To be fair, I should add that Cheney himself had > > publicly mentioned more than once that Mary was > > gay. And she was on his campaign staff, one of > > his most trusted aides, according to him. He is > > on record as favoring leaving decisions about gay > > marriage to the states, as opposed to the Bush > > policy of a constitutional amendment forbidding it. > > > > He isn't exactly an activist, but he's obviously > > not a homophobe or a hypocrite on that issue-- > > except in the general sense that he supports a > > party that does not support gay rights and that > > tends to be very homophobic. > > Posted 8/24/2004 > > Cheney says he opposes marriage amendment
And one more point: when Republican Senate candidate Alan Keyes declared that Mary Cheney was a "selfish hedonist" for being gay--a month before the debate-- you didn't hear any howls of outrage from the Cheneys or from the right wing generally. The hoohah--especially from Lynne Cheney--over Kerry's entirely *positive* mention of Mary being a lesbian was entirely bogus, in other words, purely political. It had nothing to do with concern for Mary Cheney's "privacy." To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
