But Obama being against gay marriage is a total sham. He only said that for electoral purposes. His support for the Calif Sup Court decision imposing gay marriage, and opposition to the popularly passed Amendment overturning it is proof enough. But of course the elephant in this room is the same as it is for all social issues — the Courts.
Obama knows that the leftwing activist judges he is putting on the federal courts all support gay marriage. Sotomayor and Kagan will be guaranteed votes to overturn every traditional marriage law in the country and impose in their place state recognition of gay marriage (or it may be just ‘civil unions’ in the beginning if that is all they can get Anthony Kennedy to go along with, but that is no better since any imposition from the Courts is unjustified). As usual, the courts will do the Democrats dirty work for them, and then the firmly entrenched (though unfounded) system of judicial supremacy will insure that this becomes another Roe vs Wade that is never overturned.
That is why the disastrous 2006 and 2008 elections were so bad; we lost yet another chance to finally right the Court. After the dismal failure of Reagan with O’Connor and Kennedy, and then of Bush with Souter, we stood yet again at the precipice of getting a true conservative majority, and then lost it. We’ll probably never get it back now.
As far as Cheney goes; I’ve never heard him clearly address the issue of the Courts and who should decide the issue. He has said that gay couples should have the same rights as everyone else, but has also said that it should be left to the states. So who knows how he would feel about a Roe-like decision on gay marraige?
Look, I am for states deciding marriage laws, and specifically states deciding AGAINST same-sex marriage and I am even against civil unions that give the benefits of marriage to gays or unmarried hetro couples. I feel the same way on abortion, but AFTER Roe is overturned which it should be.
But please don't try to give the impression Cheney is neutral. He is for same-sex marriage AND open homosexuality in the military (a complete disaster.) There is no question about this, whatever his reasons. And Laura has similar views.