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Cheney Supports Gay Marriage
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Posted on 06/01/2009 1:08:50 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Cheney Supports Gay Marriage It's not surprising when Vice President Dick Cheney disagrees with President Obama. But it is surprising when he takes a more progressive position than the president.

Said Cheney: "I think that freedom means freedom for everyone. As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay, and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish. The question of whether or not there ought to be a federal statute to protect this, I don't support. I do believe that... historically the way marriage has been regulated is at the state level. It has always been a state issue and I think that is the way it ought to be handled, on a state-by-state basis... But I don't have any problem with that. People ought to get a shot at that."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cheney; dickcheney; duh; homosexualagenda; samesexmarriage
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To: Sub-Driver; rabscuttle385; djsherin; calcowgirl

I have been trying to tell Cheney-ga-ga freepers this for a while. Sure he is pro-WOT and pro-invade Iraq but he is also pro-’same sex marriage’ and pro-’run the government into debt’. He made his marriage views clear in 2004.

The Levin/Hannity WOT hawks have been going ga-ga over him, one freeper pinged me with Cheney for President. Imagine republicans taken over by Log cabiners


21 posted on 06/01/2009 1:16:05 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Socialist Conservatives: "'Big government is free because tax cuts pay for it'")
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To: Sub-Driver

Mr. Cheney is of course biased ,because he has a gay daughter. Of course he would rather see her in a stable relationship han cruising the gay bars. cant blame him for that.

She could have a stable relationship and call it anythig she likes, she can call it marriage if she wants to there is no law againt calling her relationship a marriage. It isnt of course, and even if it were acknowledged by the state it still wouldnt be a marriage. Just something called that.

A marriage is between a male and a female. You cannot marry a male and male electrical plug, or a female and female piece of garden hose, You can get some electrical tape and make it work , Just as they can get a strap on, and imitate sex, but it isnt a marriage.


22 posted on 06/01/2009 1:16:08 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: TChris

No, it’s the classical conservative position.

(Ironically known as “classically liberal” back in the late 1700s.)

It’s only since 1950s or so has the “conservative” (as opposed to “classic conservative”) position morphed into a imposing-moralistic position.


23 posted on 06/01/2009 1:17:05 PM PDT by Jewbacca (Yes, I am very hairy and good with small arms.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Ditto..


24 posted on 06/01/2009 1:17:34 PM PDT by calex59
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To: Sub-Driver

Homosexual sodomy is a crime. Merely because morally bankrupt legislatures removed the penalties for the acts involved does not make it less a crime. Cheny’s daughter is homosexual what do people expect the father to do or say? I feel sorry for the poor guy.


25 posted on 06/01/2009 1:17:43 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

I agree...


26 posted on 06/01/2009 1:18:06 PM PDT by Lilpug15 (The Forgotten Man: He works, he votes and he generally prays - but He Always Pays": Sumner)
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To: KevinDavis
I agree it should be done on a state by state basis.

Watch out, now. That's one of the criteria of the DHS Right-Wing Extremist report for being a trouble maker.

27 posted on 06/01/2009 1:18:14 PM PDT by rvoitier (John Boehner--Neville Chamberlin of the 21st century.)
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To: Venturer
A marriage is between a male and a female. You cannot marry a male and male electrical plug, or a female and female piece of garden hose, You can get some electrical tape and make it work , Just as they can get a strap on, and imitate sex, but it isnt a marriage.

POST OF THE DAY!

28 posted on 06/01/2009 1:18:29 PM PDT by frogjerk (C-NJ)
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To: raven92876

ping


29 posted on 06/01/2009 1:18:30 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (The black man is keeping me down!)
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To: trumandogz
So in California it IS a states right but what good does that do when an idiotic judge challenges it. Then the people vote against it again and it is already being challenged again. They keep doing this until they get their way. The voters have little say in this. So what difference does it make if it's the Feds or the State that is overriding us??
30 posted on 06/01/2009 1:18:30 PM PDT by fish hawk (The trouble with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Good for him. I don’t.


31 posted on 06/01/2009 1:19:55 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Sub-Driver
I agree that it should be up to the states.

...and nobody is perfect. ...not even Dick Cheney.

32 posted on 06/01/2009 1:20:05 PM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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To: Sub-Driver; rabscuttle385; djsherin; calcowgirl
Oh brother, now all the Cheney Hawks have become pro-same sex marriage on this thread. I guess they think the troops will be happier if they are married to the same sex on the NEXT invasion so they can serve together in Iran occupation. Talk about getting the muslim’s all disgusted with us.
33 posted on 06/01/2009 1:20:27 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Socialist Conservatives: "'Big government is free because tax cuts pay for it'")
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No just pro states rights..


34 posted on 06/01/2009 1:22:40 PM PDT by KevinDavis (http://governorpalin4president.blogspot.com/)
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To: sickoflibs

Cheney is a neo-con. What do you expect?


35 posted on 06/01/2009 1:23:16 PM PDT by SandWMan (Even if you can't legislate morality, you can legislate morally.)
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To: KevinDavis

RE :”No just pro states rights..”

How about the federal ban on partial birth abortion Bush signed with Cheney as VP?


36 posted on 06/01/2009 1:23:50 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Socialist Conservatives: "'Big government is free because tax cuts pay for it'")
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To: Recovering_Democrat
The question of whether or not there ought to be a federal statute to protect this, I don't support. I do believe that... historically the way marriage has been regulated is at the state level. It has always been a state issue and I think that is the way it ought to be handled, on a state-by-state basis... But I don't have any problem with that. People ought to get a shot at that."

THIS IS FEDERALISM, THE SYSTEM OUR FOUNDERS ESTABLISHED. CHENEY IS RIGHT.

The problem with that reasoning is this:
Once one state changes the definition of marriage to allow same-sex marriage, then homosexual couples from other states will go to that state and get married, then return to their home states and sue in federal court under the "full faith and credit" clause to try to force their home states to recognize their "marriage".

This has already been tried in several states, with the courts thus far ruling in favor of the states and against the activists trying to achieve through litigation what they can't through legislation and elections. In one case the homo couple sued the state to try to use the state's divorce courts to dissolve the "marriage" that doesn't exist in the home state.

No matter how many times the courts rule in favor of the states and against the lititious activists, all it will take is ONE ruling in favor of the activists to overturn all the "stare decisis" and create a new Constitutional right to homosexual marriage that trumps all state laws and even the federal Defense of Marriage Act. That is why Cheney is wrong about the "federalist" argument for a state-by-state basis for handling the issue. If we were still a nation of law, and were governed by the rule of law, and had a federal court system that would actually apply the Constitution, he would be correct. But unfortunately, in the age of courts of empathy rather than courts of law, that is not the case.

37 posted on 06/01/2009 1:25:18 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: SandWMan

I heard a joke that went - yeah I support gay marriage - heck let them be as miserable as the rest of us....


38 posted on 06/01/2009 1:26:46 PM PDT by Sub-Driver (Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
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To: Sub-Driver
I agree with Dick Cheney 100%. Gay marriage is no more a national issue than heterosexual marriage. It should be legislatively dealt with at the state level and given constitutional recognition under the privileges and immunities clause and the full faith and credit clause.
39 posted on 06/01/2009 1:27:06 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Graybeard58
I won't argue with that Dick but it also has always been a moral issue.

Then you can vote NO, when it's your turn. And if your side has organized and promoted NO to defeat any initiative, then you have done your duty.

40 posted on 06/01/2009 1:27:09 PM PDT by Pistolshot (The Soap-box, The Ballot-box, The Jury-box, And The Cartridge-Box ...we are past 2 of them.)
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