While Dick Cheney and straight daughter Liz have been making the talk show circuit telling everyone how important it is to torture people, lesbian daughter Mary has been funneling cash to a politician who believes gays are unfit parents and undeserving of civil marriage.
John Byrne at Raw Story walks that dog to the park: Mary Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and onetime gay outreach director for Coors Brewing Company, gave $1,000 to a Republican Senate hopeful who voted against same-sex marriage and allowing gay couples to adopt children in the District of Columbia. Cheney, 40, has a two-year-old son with her partner of 17 years, Heather Poe. The donation to former Rep. Rob Portman (R-OH) was made in May. Portman is seeking the Senate seat that will be vacated by Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) when he retires in 2011. Cheney’s donation is remarkable considering her public comments on same-sex marriage and gay adoption... Portman’s opposition to same-sex marriage is particularly salient, because both of his potential Democratic challengers favor its legalization... Robert Paduchik, Portman’s campaign manager, told the Columbus Dispatch in June that the erstwhile congressman still opposes same-sex marriage.
Why should Mary care? She has all the equality that money can buy. She's rich and famous. She'll never be denied hospital visitation rights - and she can afford all those expensive legal documents that ensure she and her partner are protected if one of them dies. They've already got a child, their little family is set for life. It's easy to support a bigot when his anti-gay agenda doesn't affect you personally - easy, that is, for a selfish human being.
(Pictured: Mary Cheney, Rob Portman)
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What the.....? But....?
That level of hypocrisy and utter betrayal of your own gender just mangles my brain too much for words.
Posted by: Gaina | September 01, 2009 at 11:25 AM