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.
The gay issue becomes very complicated when someone in your family comes out. Because they are your child, brother, whatever, your blood. You want them to have the same things that make you happy. Family, children, to be safe. At least that's how I feel about it. I think the Cheney's cannot have been thrilled to find out they had a gay daughter. ( I can't think of what could have happened in the Cheney family to "make" her gay, but that is a whole other issue.)
My family contains two gay men who are raising a beautiful baby girl. She is the apple of their eye. When you KNOW people like that, it complicates things, that's all.