Mention of Gay Daughter a Cheap Trick, Lynne Cheney Says

By Michael Laris
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 14, 2004; Page A06
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa., Oct. 13 — Lynne V. Cheney, wife of Vice President Cheney, accused John F. Kerry on Wednesday night of “a cheap and tawdry political trick” and said he “is not a good man” after he brought up their daughter’s homosexuality at the final presidential debate.

What the fuck?…he’s not a good man for mentioning what was already brought up in the vice presidential debate? She should blame her husband for adding their daughter to the list of topics. Dick Cheney brought it up when he failed to tow the party line on August 25, 2004 and put his own two cents in about Bush’s little pet project of a constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage.

From cnn.com Wednesday, August 25, 2004

At a campaign rally in this Mississippi River town, Cheney spoke supportively about gay relationships, saying “freedom means freedom for everyone,” when asked about his stand on gay marriage.

“Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it’s an issue our family is very familiar with,” Cheney told an audience that included his daughter. “With the respect to the question of relationships, my general view is freedom means freedom for everyone. … People ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to.

“The question that comes up with the issue of marriage is what kind of official sanction or approval is going to be granted by government? Historically, that’s been a relationship that has been handled by the states. The states have made that fundamental decision of what constitutes a marriage,” he said.

Mary Cheney, one of the vice president’s two daughters and an official of the Bush-Cheney campaign, has been open about her lesbian status. The candidates were asked if they believe homosexuality is a choice, and President Bush did not mention Mary Cheney. Then Kerry said, “If you were to talk to Dick Cheney’s daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell you that she’s being who she was, she’s being who she was born as.”

Oh how awful of Kerry to suggest that Mary Cheney is just being who she is…the gall of that man for suggesting that there isn’t something horribly wrong with Lynne Cheney’s daughter. That is just so disrespectful!

Lynne Cheney issued her post-debate rebuke to a cheering crowd outside Pittsburgh. “The only thing I can conclude is he is not a good man. I’m speaking as a mom,” she said. “What a cheap and tawdry political trick.”

Yes it’s really is a cheap trick for him to suggest that the government has no business meddling in the bedrooms of consenting adults, and that everyone including Lynne Cheney’s daughter should have equal rights to see their life partner in the hospital and to share custody of their partner’s biological and/or adopted children. I mean if you just simply ignore the divorce rate you’ll know that marriage is just so damn sacred that it should only be between those who can have intercourse in the only acceptable fashion!

Steven Fisher, communications director of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay and lesbian political organization, said Kerry “was speaking to millions of American families who, like the Cheneys, have gay friends and family members.”

Kerry’s running mate, Sen. John Edwards (N.C.), also made a reference to the sexual orientation of Cheney’s daughter, during the vice presidential debates, and Republicans complained that it was an underhanded way of trying to hurt the Bush-Cheney ticket with religious conservatives.

If this hurt the Bush-Cheney ticket with the religious conservatives it’s their own fault for not following the wholly babble to the letter. They should have had Mary Cheney put to death when she came out of the closet.

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. — Lev.20:13

I just can’t even believe that gay marriage is a political issue. The government should have absolutely no part in marriage (that includes tax relief/penalties for being the focus during a religious ritual). Marriage is strictly a religious union that should only be recognized which ever church performs the ceremony. If the religious clubhouse door has a “no gays allowed” sign, and you’re a homosexual that wants a marriage find a more accepting place. If you want the government to recognize your union whether gay, straight, or undecided you should be able to get a legal contract called a civil union! As long as all participants in the contract are of the determined legal age and are not signing under duress who the fuck gives a shit!!! Nobody seems to mind collecting taxes from homosexuals…they pay into the system they should have the rights, and privileges from the government that go with it.