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Dick Cheney “surprised” at public family feud
CBS News ^ | Dec 4, 2013 | By REBECCA KAPLAN

Posted on 12/04/2013 9:22:10 AM PST by Jim Robinson

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he was “surprised” that his daughter Mary, who is a lesbian, publicly attacked her sister Liz on Facebook over her views on same-sex marriage.

“We were surprised that there was an attack launched against Liz on Facebook, and wished it hadn’t happened,” Cheney said Tuesday during an event at the National Press Club to promote his new book. “It’s always been dealt with within the context of the family and frankly that’s our preference.”

Cheney declined to address the subject further, telling the moderator, “don’t waste your time.”

The Cheney sisters’ very public feud began last month when Liz Cheney, who is running against Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., in the Republican primary, saidon “Fox News Sunday” that while she loves her sister, who is openly gay, the subject of same-sex marriage is “just an issue on which we disagree.”

After the comments, Mary Cheney's spouse, Heather Poe, responded with an angry note on Facebook that read, "Liz has been a guest in our home, has spent time and shared holidays with our children, and when Mary and I got married in 2012 - she didn't hesitate to tell us how happy she was for us. To have her now say she doesn't support our right to marry is offensive to say the least." Poe also alluded to criticism aimed at Liz Cheney for running for the Senate in Wyoming even though she hasn't lived there in recent years, saying, "I can't help but wonder how Liz would feel if as she moved from state to state, she discovered that her family was protected in one but not the other."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: cheney; homosexualagenda; lizcheney; mikeenzi; wyoming
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Hang in there, Liz.
1 posted on 12/04/2013 9:22:10 AM PST by Jim Robinson
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Poor Dick.

While many think he turned out to be a RINO, I don’t think he favored homosexual rights. And having his daughter turn out to be a lezzie put him in an embarrasing position.


2 posted on 12/04/2013 9:26:13 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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What feud? The lesbian is having a hissy fit.


3 posted on 12/04/2013 9:27:26 AM PST by DManA
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To: Jim Robinson

“Politics makes for strange bedfellows.”

~ Charles Dudley Warner in 1850


4 posted on 12/04/2013 9:28:24 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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Or bedgirls.


5 posted on 12/04/2013 9:30:00 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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LOLOLOL.


6 posted on 12/04/2013 9:31:38 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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Yes, Liz should hang in there.

She truthfully expressed her view in a polite way but Heather and Mary attacked her publicly to further their lesbian agenda.


7 posted on 12/04/2013 9:32:12 AM PST by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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Problem is, when it comes like this, he shouldn’t be surprised.

Homosexuals do not brook any “difference of opinion”, and it won’t be handled with respect or gracefully by the homosexual lobby.


8 posted on 12/04/2013 9:32:24 AM PST by rlmorel ("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
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Maybe Liz will cheney up her sister. opps mean to say chain her sister. Well maybe not ... Liz's sister might like that.
9 posted on 12/04/2013 9:32:31 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Responsibility2nd
While many think he turned out to be a RINO, I don’t think he favored homosexual rights. And having his daughter turn out to be a lezzie put him in an embarrassing position.

If so, he should have put the country and western civilization ahead of the feelings of the lezzie daughter. Standing for something that's right when it negatively impacts you is what makes a statesman.

10 posted on 12/04/2013 9:33:54 AM PST by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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If he had done the right thing, all of this might have been avoided.


11 posted on 12/04/2013 9:35:15 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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I think this “feud” is a carefully calculated move on Liz’s part to attract lots of media attention to her “conservative” bone-fides. It’s a political ploy.


12 posted on 12/04/2013 9:35:45 AM PST by circlecity
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So, Ms. Poe isn’t content with her partner’s sister being loving to her, her sister, and the children. She’s gotta throw a public fit that Liz doesn’t fully support a new legal expression.


13 posted on 12/04/2013 9:36:34 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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It seems as if it was Mary’s friend, Heather, responded publicly.


14 posted on 12/04/2013 9:41:12 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: onyx

LOL - Sam Cheney’64!


15 posted on 12/04/2013 9:41:37 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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“After the comments, Mary Cheney’s spouse, Heather Poe,”

Bull! Heather may be her sexual partner, but Heather is not her spouse!


16 posted on 12/04/2013 9:43:11 AM PST by JimSp
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Reminds me of my friend’s situation. She has a lesbian sister, and the lesbian constantly holds the family hostage with her screaming, ranting, and demands for approval of her perversion.

Queers refuse to allow peace unless everyone around them is fawning over their sickening behavior.


17 posted on 12/04/2013 9:43:44 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: circlecity
I think this “feud” is a carefully calculated move on Liz’s part to attract lots of media attention to her “conservative” bone-fides. It’s a political ploy.

i.e a "Sistah Souljah moment"?

18 posted on 12/04/2013 9:44:49 AM PST by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: freekitty

According to the article, if I understood it correctly, Mary shared the story on her facebook page and added her thoughts regarding what Heather had said.


19 posted on 12/04/2013 9:46:03 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Jim Robinson

These full_of_themselves loonies think they are going to obliterate and repeal 500+ years of Judeo-Christian culture, customs, laws and religious traditions. This will never happen. They can have their silly pretend marriages (thanks to today’s political climate) but this does not mean we have to approve them.


20 posted on 12/04/2013 9:46:15 AM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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