Q: You recently rattled some members of your own party when you called Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, "a hedonist" and added that homosexuality is "selfish hedonism." Have you backed off of those comments at all or is that still your stand?So much for the claim Keyes "attacked" the veep's daughter at the convention. Another media myth.A: I want to explain that. I never called Mary Cheney anything. That never happened. What happened was, I was asked a question about gay marriage and gave pretty much the same answer I just gave you...
To say that you can have for the basis for a marriage, a pleasure-seeking relationship does not make any sense. I made that argument which I think is perfectly clear and perfectly logical and I was then asked if I would apply that description to Mary Cheney. I said as far as she is a lesbian and engaged in that type of relationship; by definition she would fall into that category. What am I supposed to say? Well, no because she is a Republican and the daughter of the vice president, out of respect I will exempt her from the truth. That makes no sense.
Go Keyes!
I sometimes wonder if Keyes shouldn't slightly broaden his "hedonistic" remarks. While there are some good reasons why certain people don't have children, I think one could make a good argument that many people who deliberately avoid ever having children are being selfishly hedonistic. Highly un-PC ground, but somebody has to broach the issue.