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Dick Cheney comes out again for gay marriage: "I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish."
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Last week, Ted Olson. Today, Dick Cheney: Dick Cheney rarely takes a position that places him at a more progressive tilt than President Obama. But on Monday, the former vice president did just that, saying that he supports gay marriage as long as it is deemed legal by state and not federal government. Speaking at the National Press Club for the Gerald R. Ford Foundation journalism awards, Cheney was asked about recent rulings and legislative action in Iowa and elsewhere that allowed for gay couples to legally wed. "I think that freedom means freedom for everyone," replied the former V.P. "As many of you know, one of my ...
VIDEO: Dick Cheney Supports Gay Marriage
The Political Carnival —
By GottaLaff Now, really, why can't Prez O be as progressive as the Nation of Dick? That bit of snarkage was not easy to write.
Cheney Comes Out In Favor Of Gay Marriage
Say Anything —
“Freedom means freedom for everyone.” Which sounds suspiciously like something I’ve been saying about gay marriage for some time now, to the dismay of many of the right-leaning commenters here.
CHENEY: As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish. The question of whether or not there ought to be a federal statute to protect this, I don’t support. I do believe that ...
Dick Cheney, handmaiden to the left.
Althouse —
As usual.
Dick Cheney comes out in support of same-sex marriage. Seriously.
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings So I get home from work earlier this evening, change, spend some time with my kids, make dinner with my wife (Mrs. Reaction? The Reactioness? The Reaction Gal? The Counter-Reaction?), turn on the baseball game (one of our national sports networks is showing Yanks-Indians: Go Tribe! But go also Jeter, Cano, and Teixeira, who are on my fantasy team), and, plopping down at the computer, head on over to the Internets to see what's going on. And, after checking my e-mail, and my fantasy team, I happen upon this incredible headline at ...
“Therefore I Barry”
David E's Fablog —
by David E | (Visited 65 times) Nancy’s been seeing things lately, poor dear. “Nancy Reagan tells Vanity Fair special correspondent Bob Colacello that ‘it sounds strange, but … I see Ronnie. At nighttime, if I wake up, I think Ronnie’s there, and I start to talk to him. It’s not important what I say. But the fact is, I do think he’s there. And I see him.’ “ Well we all see him Nancy Especially if we’ve got Turner Classic Movies . Just adore him in Dark Victory as Bette Davis’ ultra soigne and gallant gay pal. “Obama did not invite Mrs. Reagan to the announcement ceremony at the White House to celebrate the reversal of Bush’s policy on stem-cell ...
Dick Cheney-- The New Champion Of Gay Rights?
DownWithTyranny! —
On the same day Cheney admitted that there was no link between Iraq and 9/11-- something most Republicans, having been told so over and over by his regime, still believe-- he also sort of came out for same-sex marriage... or at least more so than Barack Obama has. Just hours after the Nevada legislature surprised everyone in the state by overriding a veto by the state's viciously homophobic Republican Governor, Jim Gibbons, Cheney reiterated his support for states having the right to decide marriage issues. In answer to a question on the topic, he replied "I think that freedom means freedom for everyone... I think people ought to be ...
Dick Cheney talks some more, voicing support for gay marriage and denying Iraq was involved with 9/11
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Dick Cheney was largely silent on the issue of gay marriage during his eight years as vice president under George W. Bush. In a 2004 vice presidential debate with Democratic candidate John Edwards, for example, Cheney wouldn't say what he thought about a constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to a woman and a man.
But in a speech today at the National Press Club, Cheney supported gay marriage, saying, "I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they ...
Phil Bronstein: I Feel Your Pain, See Your "Empathy," and Raise You a Little EST
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Empathy is our newest cultural celebrity, now that Susan Boyle has collapsed in the face of the unrelenting beast of huge and instant fame. (But we really feel for her and understand her let-down and nervous exhaustion as if it were our own. Honest.)
Like "networking" years ago or "creating community" more recently -- or Diversity, Synergy, Empowerment, Wellness, and Green -- empathy is the current buzzword bait dropped into our civilization's fighting cage.
Lionized by the president and blackjacked by conservatives, the empathy scrap is furious. The pro side was luxuriously argued on truthout by George Lakoff; Republican National ...
Irrational Basterds
David E's Fablog —
by David E | (Visited 49 times) Thanks Bette. And thanks Ellie. Glad you didn’t live to read this Pravda promotional screed for these creeps. Brown“The nightmares of gay marriage supporters are the Pat Robertsons of the world. The James Dobsons, the John Hagees — the people who specialize in whipping crowds into frothy frenzies, who say things like Katrina was caused by the gays .” You mean it wasn’t ?“The gay marriage supporters have not met Brian Brown. They should. He might be more worth knowing about.” And he might not.“Brown is the executive director of the National Organization for Marriage, the preeminent organization ...
