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"No kidding .......if this was Chelsea Clinton this thread would be fire + brimstone and 2000 posts long."

If this was Chelsea Clinton (or some other Democrat), she'd be on the talkshows promoting lesbian parenting as the new wave of progressivism.

The difference is between a private life publicized inadvertently (because Dick Cheney is VP) and a life which is intentionally directed to make publicity and push an agenda.

The difference is between a private life publicized inadvertently (because Dick Cheney is VP) and a life which is intentionally directed to make publicity and push an agenda.

Well, some people on here claim that gay parenting is akin to child abuse, so it seems a bit odd to say that its okay to abuse your child unless you flaunt it in public.

Now this is Cheneys' grandchild, and I am sure, like other grandparents, they will love him or her no matter how they are conceived. I think their response is perfectly natural. But I also believe that Mary Cheney's decision to conceive with her partner while her father is still in the spotlight in some ways does more to promote gay parenting than mere activism, but making it seem normal.

Personally, I think that like or not, gay marriage will be legal eventually, simply because of the tide of individual cases like this making it more and more acceptable.

If this was Chelsea Clinton (or some other Democrat), she'd be on the talkshows promoting lesbian parenting as the new wave of progressivism. The difference is between a private life publicized inadvertently (because Dick Cheney is VP) and a life which is intentionally directed to make publicity and push an agenda.

You must have missed Mary Cheney's appearances on ABC's "Primetime" and the "Late Show with David Letterman" last May, promoting her autobiography "Now It's My Turn." And after the 2004 vice presidential debate (the one in which John Edwards mentioned her being a lesbian), when Mary Cheney and her partner both appeared on the stage with the rest of the Cheney family. And when Mary served on the board of the Republican Unity Coalition, an organization that says its purpose was "about one big idea: making homosexuality a 'non-issue' for the Republican Party." Of course there's also before she got involved in politics, when she served as a gay and lesbian outreach coordinator for Coors Brewing Company.

It's funny, the knots some folks here are twisting themselves into in order to come up with some reason to give Mary Cheney a pass on this. The incorrect notion that she doesn't "flaunt" her homosexuality is one of the most silly. I think dogbyte12 in post #96 best hit the nail on the head, regarding the hypocrisy issue. My opinion is that Mary Cheney should be given a pass because it's none of my business either way, whether she flaunts it or not.

"If this was Chelsea Clinton (or some other Democrat), she'd be on the talkshows promoting lesbian parenting as the new wave of progressivism.

The difference is between a private life publicized inadvertently (because Dick Cheney is VP) and a life which is intentionally directed to make publicity and push an agenda."

I've never seen Chelsea Clinton on a talk show, have you?
And in fairness and with balance, Mary Cheney DID write a book about her life entitled "Now Its My Turn" and she was on Oprah and other shows like Good Morning America and the Today Show promoting the book.