[Cecily]

Murphy Brown may have been a fictional character, but women in real life make the same choice she did and want everyone to say it is fine and dandy and affirm their actions. Conservatives mostly didn't affirm or congratulate such actions back during the Dan Quayle/Murphy Brown hubub, so why are we doing it now?

[MadIvan]

I actually think the best thing to say about the Mary Cheney issue is not to argue about it, not to make jokes about turkey basters, et al - I think it's best to maintain a discreet silence and wish the Cheneys, as a family, well. Silence in this instance would be neither congratulations or approval - just tolerance.

If indeed the homosexual lobby does turn this into a political issue, that's another matter.

Regards, Ivan