[rintense]

They won't. Mary Cheney is considered a traitor to the hard core lesbian community. The same as Tammy Bruce. They are hated more than President Bush. Neither fall in line with the conventional group think mentality of hard core gay activists.

[weegee]

What emerges from reading Mary’s book is that the Vice President is an exemplar of how a parent should treat his gay child. When Mary first came out to her father, she writes, “the first words out of his mouth were exactly the ones I wanted to hear: ‘You’re my daughter and I love you and I just want you to be happy.’”

Hate the sin and love the sinner.

Do parents still shun their kids for having pre-marital sex and prevent them from bringing over their current sexual partner to family gatherings?

[LoudRepublicangirl]

I saw her on some talk shows and as she spoke I forgot the fact that she was gay except for when she was asked about it. Otherwise, she seems pretty normal and down to earth.

[little jeremiah]

List. How special.

[alnick]

even by social conservatives who know about his relationship with his lesbian daughter

Social conservatives would expect nothing less than that a father love his daughter.

[highlander_UW]

In order words, this man showed great sensitivity to how his career choice might affect his lesbian daughter’s life.

And his sensitivity proved prescient in that John Kerry and the democrats did indeed take a cheap shot at Cheney through his daughter.

[dcnd9]

"That we can live freely and openly as gay individuals in our families and in American society."

You can...

Just because we disagree with your chosen sexual behavior and don't believe it needs to be legislated due to it's abnormal nature does not mean we hate you.

Acceptance does not always mean agreement and that's OK!

[snugs]

It’s clear as well from Mary’s narrative that Dick Cheney has welcomed Mary’s partner, Heather, into the family, treating her as he would a child’s different-sex spouse. Indeed, on Election Night 2004, Heather and Mary slept with him (though on different sofas and chairs) in his White House office.

I have just realised something that I should have at the time. When the VP, Mary and Heather left the White House in the early hours of the following day after the election the caption on the AP photo said the VP, his daughter and an unnamed female depart the White House ......

Of course they would not want to admit that Heather had been there that would show tolerance, can't have that can we.

The evidence. Is that Scooter Libby at the rear?

[peggybac]

Great post. It seems Birch and Rosen are the ones with the problems.

[twippo]

Why does it escape the gay community that the Communist/far-left governments are the ones that persecute homosexuals the worst?

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I think it shows that Mary is not loved by her parents at all. She is and probably always has been endulged. Welcome to postmodern parenting. "We just want you to be happy." It's about feelings, not truth. Poor Mary.