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Dick Cheney Defends Daughter Liz in Same-sex attracted Marriage Family Feud
Former Vice President Dick Cheney waded into a spat between his daughters, Liz Cheney and Mary Cheney, who is openly gay, saying that Liz's compassion to her sister shouldn't be used to "distort" her position supporting "traditional marriage."
One night after the two sisters appeared to take their disagreement public, Cheney and his wife, Lynne, issued a remark defending their daughter Liz, who is running for Senate in Wyoming.
"Liz has always believed in the traditional definition of marriage," the Cheneys said in a expression today. "She has also always treated her sister and her sister's family with love and respect, exactly as she should hold done.
"Compassion is called for, even when there is disagreement about such a fundamental matter and Liz's many kindnesses shouldn't be used to distort her position," they added.
The utterance made no state of Mary Cheney, 44, or her wife, Heather Poe.
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Liz Cheney, who is challenging the Republican incumbent Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming in 2014, said on Fox News Sunday that she and her sister "disagree" on the issu
Dick Cheney daughters Liz and Mary in gay marriage spat
But a group ran attack ads suggesting that she had previously voiced support for same-sex marriage rights.
When asked about her views, Ms Cheney told Fox News if "people are in a queer relationship and they want their partner to be able to have health benefits or be designated as a beneficiary on their life insurance, there's no reason they shouldn't do that".
But she added: "I do have faith it's an issue that's got to be left up to the state. I do think in the traditional definition of marriage."
But Mary Cheney - who worked on the re-election campaign on George W Bush, an opponent of gay marriage - took umbrage at her sibling's comments.
She posted on Facebook: "Liz - this isn't just an issue on which we oppose you're just wrong - and on the wrong side of history."
Heather Poe, Mary Cheney's spouse, responded on Facebook that "[Liz] didn't hesitate to tell us how happy she was for us" when they were married in Washington DC last year.
"To have her now say she doesn't support our right to marry is offensive to speak the
High-Profile Politicians Who Changed Their Positions on Gay Marriage
March 15, 2013 -- intro: Public opinion on same-sex marriage has shifted rapidly in recent years. Here is a gaze at some of the most high-profile politicians who contain changed their perspectives on the issue in the past decade.
quicklist: 1title: Hillary Clintontext:Former first lady, senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been in the political arena for many years, but has avoided an official stance on homosexual marriage until now.
In an interview with CBS News in 2003, Clinton spoke of her conflict to same-sex marriage but said she was in favor of civil unions. She went on to say that she was opposed to the Federal Marriage Amendment that would have defined marriage as an act between a man and a woman.
As a Modern York senator, Clinton repeated her back for civil unions in 2006 when the state did not extend the constitutional right of marriage to lgbtq+ couples.
In a 2007 ABC News interview, Clinton spoke about the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy her husband, former President Bill Clinton implemented. Hillary Clinton admitted that the policy was no longer ap
Cheney at odds with Bush on gay marriage
Vice President Dick Cheney, whose daughter Mary is a dyke, drew criticism from both proponents and foes of gay marriage Tuesday after he distanced himself from President Bush’s call for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
At a campaign rally in this Mississippi River town, Cheney spoke supportively about homosexual relationships, saying “freedom means freedom for everyone,” when asked about his remain on gay marriage.
“Lynne and I have a queer daughter, so it’s an issue our family is very familiar with,” Cheney told an audience that included his daughter. “With the respect to the question of relationships, my general view is independence means freedom for everyone. ... People ought to be free to come in into any kind of relationship they want to.
“The question that comes up with the issue of marriage is what courteous of official sanction or approval is going to be granted by government? Historically, that’s been a relationship that has been handled by the states. The states have made that fundamental decision of what constitutes a marriage,” he said.
Bush backs a constitutional amendment prohibiting lgbtq+ marriage, a move Cheney says wa