Cheney is a turncoat. Of course, he was mum on the issue while VP, but suspect he was secretly pro-sodomy during that time. The Republican Party platform was decidedly more pro-marriage only a few years ago, and that platform carried the day without the Cheney's or Laura Bush's meddling.
At the risk of offending a lot of lady FReepers here, I'll say that Laura's position doesn't surprise me, as she's a woman - and women are MUCH more likely to be soft on this issue. That is the reality, and polls bear that out. That is why, in most high level politic positions, women in general are not suitable to govern. They are carried away by emotional issues that have no place in the hard decision-making, based on principle, that is often required at high levels.
“At the risk of offending a lot of lady FReepers here, I’ll say that Laura’s position doesn’t surprise me, as she’s a woman - and women are MUCH more likely to be soft on this issue.”
Indeed. I’m facebook friends with a conservative Christian and his wife who attend a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. One day, his wife decided to post that she supports “same-sex ‘marriage’”. I didn’t unfriend her but I have hidden her from my newsfeed and have not talked with them since she did that. I think she is totally emotion based and irrational about this. I don’t believe she learned this opinion from her husband or her church.
“That is the reality, and polls bear that out. That is why, in most high level politic positions, women in general are not suitable to govern. They are carried away by emotional issues that have no place in the hard decision-making, based on principle, that is often required at high levels.”
As much as I love Margaret Thatcher, I tend to agree with you on this. Here’s Ayn Rand on that subject-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpzDdTrw5II