Asked his position on the subject at a town hall meeting in Davenport, Iowa, Cheney replied: "Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it's an issue that our family is very familiar with. . . . With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People ought to be able to free -- ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to."Cheney went on to reiterate the position he first outlined in the 2000 campaign -- that same-sex marriage should be left to the states to decide.
Okay, this is news today, but why? What is 'new' about it? What does it prove? This news shows Cheney is consistent-this was his position on the issue in 2000. It also shows that Cheney isn't the heartless bastard Democrats want to believe he is. A father loves his daughter and is empathetic to her situation? God forbid! Next, it sticks to the federalist roots of the Republican party, that Federal Government is given a very finite set of responibilities by the constitution and beyond that, the states have the say.
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