Posted on 06/02/2003 9:04:07 PM PDT by Mister Magoo
Mary Cheney ducks out of GOP gay group Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of U.S. vice president Dick Cheney, has resigned from the board of the Republican Unity Coalition slightly more than one year after taking on the largely honorary post with the gay-straight political alliance.
Cheney, who once marketed beer to the gay and lesbian community as an employee of the Coors Brewing Co. of Golden, Colo., has been one of the few key gay rights supporters with close ties to the White House. "Working together, we can expand the Republican Party's outreach to nontraditional Republicans," she said in a statement when she signed on with RUC in April 2002. "We can make sexual orientation a nonissue for the Republican Party, and we can help achieve equality for all gay and lesbian Americans." She made no public statements about her departure, and she did not respond to calls from The Advocate regarding it. In the past she has labored to stay out of the political limelight and to avoid becoming a lightning rod for criticism, pro and con, over gay rights in the contentious GOP.
A source close to the Cheney family said Mary Cheney's resignation from RUC will allow her to pursue business interests in her home state of Colorado, where she lives with her partner, Heather Poe. But some gay activists suggest that there may be more behind the decision, since it comes on the heels of protests from the religious right regarding pro-gay comments by GOP chairman Marc Racicot. "Leaders of the extreme right are demanding that the GOP back away from any association with the gay community," said David Smith, a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, a Washington, D.C., gay rights group. "The Right is calling into question what little outreach the party had to gay voters at the crossroads of an election season. While I can't speculate on the reasons for her decision, Mary Cheney's departure definitely comes at an interesting time."
The RUC--which was founded and is chaired by Charles Francis, an openly gay friend of President Bush--also recently announced that David Rockefeller, the 87-year-old scion of the liberal Republican family, would join the group's board.
Name calling after only 18 posts? That must be a new record for you sink? Thanks for not disappointing.
Most don't.
Homosexuality is not against the law in 37 states; in those where the practice of it is, the laws are not enforced. Drug usage is against the law in every state that I know of.
Actually, you started it by claiming that Bush accepts votes from incestuals, with no evidence.
I figured one shot was worth another.
So what does that have to do with whether they need trestment or not? NOTHING. Both are worthy treatment
What evidence is needed more that probability and statistics?
Drug treatment works; treatment to "cure" gays doesn't.
The GOP overall supports Guns, vouchers, a sensible environmental policy, support for the military and national security, pro tax reform, respect for religion, pro scouting, pro tort reform, conservative judiciary, pro law and order, pro life, pro individual responsibility,...
Probability and statistics are not evidence.
Cite the "evidence" that incestuals support Bush.
What was that about the dimwit with no evidence?
Bunk! Probability and statistics for a population this large is proof enough for even the dimest wit.
At least 4 if not 5 of the above, would directly conflict with the gay agenda and homosexuals would be strongly opposed to at least most of this in general, yet orientation shouldn't matter?
How does one say pro-scouting, respect for religion and vouchers, support for the military, and then say sexual orientation doesn't matter
So, cite them.
Which is, de minimis.
If Incestuals are .1% of the voting population then it's likely that Bush got 50,000 votes.
Not to those who want to change, you have no heart.
With all due respect, 50 million people voted for Bush, I doubt every single one of them was a solid person. For gods sake, I know people who voted for Nader in 1996, voted for Bush in 2000, and are thinking of voting Nader again, because they can't even tell the difference between the two.
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