Mary Cheney and Partner Are About to Be Moms

Washington Post ^ | December 6, 2006 | Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts

[snugs]

I think with aunt and uncle with 5 children and a grandfather Dick Cheney the child will be quite aware of the difference.

[Toespi]

One has to wonder if Heather, obviously the more masculine of the two, ever goes hunting with VP Cheney......

[JedForbes]

Exactly imagine if he had cut her off, or disowned the press would have had a field day; not to mention the personal heartache for the whole family.

[snip] As I said before we do not need to agree with his position or his daughter's life style choices but at the end of the day I think the family deserve respect as to the classy and non confrontational way they have dealt with it.

[snip] I would put my family first too.

I never said he should cut her off or disown her. I said he should distance himself from the *issue* not necessarily the person. I think the veep should stand up and be counted and say he opposes this type of behavior.

As for putting your family first, in general I agree, but in this case not at all. This is a matter (for me) of immense national importance and the veep standing idly by while his daughter engages in this is essentially an endorsement of it.

That doesn't mean he shouldn't still love her, it just means he shouldn't let this pass just because she's his daughter. I've never know Cheney to fear the media or lib hysteria on anything else, why on this? I think potentially he makes it more difficult by not taking a credible position on it.

If a senior politician refused to criticise (say) corruption because his own daughter took bribes, would that be ok because he was putting family first?

[af_vet_rr]

Must be difficult for Dick Cheney sometimes.

Why? He loves his daughter and has never claimed or shown otherwise, and she clearly loves him.

[SeaBiscuit]

How do you make the quantum leap from being disappointed to abortion..? That simply is not an option and I'm wondering why that would even enter your mind. Two wrongs don't make a right.

[HostileTerritory]

I think the veep should stand up and be counted and say he opposes this type of behavior.

Perhaps he doesn't say so because he doesn't feel that way.

[snugs]

Very true

[snugs]

I am sure you are right that it is harder for her.

[DungeonMaster]

Oh yes I have. :-D

[JedForbes]

Perhaps he doesn't say so because he doesn't feel that way.

Well if that's the case - in his heart of hearts, not just because it's the easy way since he loves his daughter - then the country really has gone to hell.

[MortMan]

You [sic] plea reeks of more feminazi emasculation of the already weak American male.

Perhaps you need a little help in the reading comprehension arena. Sunsong wrote:

I hope people here can muster some common decency and show a little of the dignity and class the Cheney family demonstrates.

What part of "Cheney family" is unclear? While Mary Cheney is openly homosexual, she does not seek the limelight, or try to force her lifestyle under the noses of the rest of us. The liberal media and the democrats (but I repeat myself) do that.

The Cheney family, from the Vice President all the way down, has sought to underplay this item of (probable) tension in their family, shielding it from the glaring klieg lights, keeping it out of the withering stare of the public. I'm sure there are political considerations in that, but there is also a whole lot of "Mom and Dad love their kids unconditionally, even when they might disapprove".

If you disagree with the sentiments someone posts, say so. But to seek refuge in impugning someone's masculinity because they have the vision to see familial love at work is appalling.

BTW - I don't believe that a homosexual pair should have children (through birth OR adoption). It has no bearing on what Sunsong said. Dick Cheney and his wife (my memory fails me on her name, at the moment) have consistently faced up to this personal issue with class and love for their family.

[OB1kNOb]

Where is this country going and what is it doing in this handbasket?

[DungeonMaster]

I said he should distance himself from the *issue* not necessarily the person. I think the veep should stand up and be counted and say he opposes this type of behavior.

Sadly, if he is not a Christian there is no reason to oppose it and quite a few reasons to support it.

[snugs]

What you are suggesting is the same as disowning or cutting her off but just said differently he may privately have said he does not agree but still loves her, we are not privy to his private conversations.

Publicly he is unlikely to say anything apart from she has his and his wife full support. To do otherwise would I am sure in her eyes convey they were disowning and cutting her off.

I and others may not like that they have to do that but I am sure if I were in this situation I would probably do something very similar to do otherwise you could loose your child. What you say in private is a different matter and one that is pointless to speculate about in this or any other case.

[snugs]

Lynne

[HostileTerritory]

Rosie O' is a Democrat above and beyond anything else.

[MortMan]

Thanks. They say memory is the first thing to go... And I forget what the rest of the list said... ;-P

[Notwithstanding]

In this case, Heather is one of the two "mommies".

How sad that the Cheney's have to grin and bear it.

Mary and her friend lead selfish and sad lives, play-acting that they are just doing what is normal and natural; the biology alone screams to us all just how unnatural and abnormal this is.

[ElPatriota]

BS.... This is all part of the homosexual agenda. The homos know she gets a pass from all of us, just out of respect for her parents. That is the only reason I "bite" my tongue... just out of respect for dad and mom.

The homos figured, dad will be gone out of the picture in two years... so this is the perfect moment to "push for the queer family." Sorry, but I am not stupid... I know how these perverts think.

Remember the "agreement," you keep your sh-- private, and I have no problem with that. You make it public... to advance an agenda... well, you will meet the disapproval of those who oppose that lifestyle.

I got to tell you something, the homos are VERY ORGANIZED... If you don't know that by now... then they may be right to think we are a bunch of idiots :)