{"id":2766,"date":"2004-08-25T05:13:42","date_gmt":"2004-08-25T19:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/25\/cheney-suddenly-supports-gay-marriage\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T08:05:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:05:16","slug":"cheney-suddenly-supports-gay-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/25\/cheney-suddenly-supports-gay-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheney suddenly supports gay marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10353,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/start.earthlink.net\\\/newsarticle?cat=6&amp;aid=D84LRLAO0_story&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20041018155330\\\/http:\\\/\\\/start.earthlink.net:80\\\/newsarticle?cat=6&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 03:28:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 03:28:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10354,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/republicoft.typepad.com\\\/republic_of_t\\\/2004\\\/08\\\/cheney_breaks_w.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20061125131343\\\/http:\\\/\\\/republicoft.typepad.com\\\/republic_of_t\\\/2004\\\/08\\\/cheney_breaks_w.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 03:28:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 03:28:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Talk about flip-flopping. Dick Cheney, who until now, despite having an openly lesbian daughter, has steadfastly stuck with the party line on gay marriage, suddenly seems to be <a href=\"http:\/\/start.earthlink.net\/newsarticle?cat=6&amp;aid=D84LRLAO0_story\" title=\"Cheney Backs Freedom for Gay Relationships\">a little more open-minded about the issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Vice President Dick Cheney, whose daughter Mary is a lesbian, spoke supportively about gay relationships on Tuesday, saying &#8220;freedom means freedom for everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  At a campaign rally in this Mississippi River town, Cheney was asked about his stand on gay marriage &#8211; an issue for which his boss, President Bush, has pushed for a constitutional amendment to ban such unions.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it&#8217;s an issue our family is very familiar with,&#8221; Cheney told an audience that included his daughter. \\&#8221;With the respect to the question of relationships, my general view is freedom means freedom for everyone &#8230; People ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;The question that comes up with the issue of marriage is what kind of official sanction or approval is going to be granted by government? Historically, that&#8217;s been a relationship that has been handled by the states. The states have made that fundamental decision of what constitutes a marriage,&#8221; he said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the tone of the article and Cheney&#8217;s remarks, it appears that contrary to Bush&#8217;s drive to amend the Constitution, Cheney supports letting the states decide for themselves how to handle the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting &#8212; but I have to admit, I&#8217;m easily cynical enough to really wonder about the timing of this comment after so many years of simply backing Bush&#8217;s bigotry. I&#8217;m thinking that <a href=\"http:\/\/republicoft.typepad.com\/republic_of_t\/2004\/08\/cheney_breaks_w.html\" title=\"Cheney Breaks With Bush on Marriage Ban\">T has the right idea<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  My theory? The Republican convention is just around the corner, and polls are showing that Bush and Kerry are pretty much in a statistical dead heat. Could this be a ploy by the Bush administration to soften the image of the Bush\/Cheney ticket on the same sex marriage issue, since so many people who are opposed to same sex marriage are also opposed to a constitutional amendment banning it? Also, gay voters gave Bush about 1 million votes in 2000. Now with many of the &#8220;Austin 12&#8221;&#8212;the hand-picked gay &amp; lesbian Republicans with whom Bush met after he refused to meet with the Log Cabin Republicans&#8212;bolting, could this be an attempt to at least keep a few of those 1 million voters who cast ballots for Bush last time around?<\/p>\n<p>  Call me cynical, but I think this may be a very thinly veiled attempt to salvage at least a few of those votes.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gotta admit, that sounds about right to me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes:<\/strong> &#8220;Making Plans for Nigel&#8221; by Primus from the album <em>Miscellaneous Debris<\/em> (1992, 3:35).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk about flip-flopping. 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