Cheney Sisters Take Their Gay Marriage Fight to Facebook

[cali]

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Liz Cheney, running for the Republican Senate primary in Wyoming, reminded the world how she opposes gay marriage during her Fox News Sunday appearance, despite the wishes of her sister, Mary Cheney, who is a lesbian with two children. "I love Mary very much, I love her family very much," Cheney said on Sunday morning. "This is just an issue on which we disagree."

This is not the first time the Cheney family rift over marriage equality has opened. Liz Cheney is, in fact, the only member of the Cheney family who opposes gay marriage. At first it seemed she was staking the position to help her chances getting elected. Dick Cheney, the former Vice President and father of the feuding daughters, campaigned to legalize gay marriage in Maryland.

But her comments didn't sit well with Heather Poe, who in some states would be Liz Cheney's sister-in-law. Poe is Mary Cheney's partner, the one with whom she has two children. Poe unloaded on the Republican candidate in a lengthy post on Facebook:

I was watching my sister-in-law on Fox News Sunday (yes Liz, in fifteen states and the District of Columbia you are my sister-in-law) and was very disappointed to hear her say "I do believe in the traditional definition of marriage."

Liz has been a guest in our home, has spent time and shared holidays with our children, and when Mary and I got married in 2012 - she didn't hesitate to tell us how happy she was for us.

To have her now say she doesn't support our right to marry is offensive to say the least

I can't help but wonder how Liz would feel if as she moved from state to state, she discovered that her family was protected in one but not the other.

I always thought freedom meant freedom for EVERYONE.


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http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/11/cheney-sisters-take-their-gay-marriage-fight-facebook/71687/

[awoke_in_2003]

1. I knew that Darth said he supported marriage equality...

I didn't know he campaigned for it. I still hate the bastard, though.

[PatrynXX]

9. usually not always.. father sticks by his daughters/ sons...

even well politically. but not always. like mine. Oh lord if dad ever ran for public office .. and the press found me he wouldn't make it very far. smh

[awoke_in_2003]

13. It almost makes him...

appear human.

[iandhr]

2. Awkward thanksgiving dinner coming up.

[giftedgirl77]

27. Mary & her wife said they won't be joining the family

for the holidays. Can't say I blame them, I wouldn't either.

[iandhr]

33. I was making a joke.

[giftedgirl77]

34. My bad. .

It was actually something they specifically mentioned & humor is hard to see at times.

[iandhr]

39. Especially on the internet

[JI7]

3. worse than DICK CHENEY

[truebluegreen]

29. Now THAT is a high bar!

Or a low one...

[AZ Mike]

4. Wooooow!!!!

Go, Poe! Great post!!!!

[AZ Mike]

5. And Mary with the tip-in!!!

Love it!

If you thought the appropriately named Dick Cheney was evil, you haven't met his serpentous daughter, Liz.

Vile. Even Satan would say, "Damn. Something smells like sulfur."

[rocktivity]

6. The Cheney sisters want to marry each other?

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I'm telling their daddy on them!!!!


Oh, they're each ALREADY married...one of them to a woman...never mind...


rocktivity

[Berlum]

7. Republicon "Family Values" - ChinaStyle

As usual.

[polichick]

8. Take that, Liz!

[gerogie1]

10. I hear this kind of talk among conservative catholics also.

The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual sex is a sin, but we are supposed to love the homosexual. It doesn't work the conservatives loath homosexuals.

[calimary]

11. Welcome to DU, gerogie1!

Glad you're here! Yeah, lots of 'em say "hate the sin but love the sinner." Yet that's not an easy bridge to cross for too many CONs. Hey, if the freakin' POPE says it's not for him to judge, how is it that they're entitled?

[Major Nikon]

12. It takes a pretty shitty person to favor your political career over family

Even her dad wasn't that bad.

[tsuki]

14. No, he was worse. nt

[Major Nikon]

15. Dick Cheney supports gay marriage

[Hippo_Tron]

16. It's apples to oranges, Dick Cheney was in a position of substantial power...

And we were able to see the damage he caused being in said position. Liz Cheney hasn't never wielded the kind of power her father did. Lord knows she might even do worse things if she ever go it. Lets hope she never finds out...

[JI7]

20. she is worse because she agrees with her Dick on everything except same sex marriage

[Initech]

17. Butter and beer, I've got the butter and beer, who wants some?

[progressoid]

18. That's gotta be a fun Thanksgiving dinner.

[bluestate10]

19. Your title is confusing Cali. Heather Poe, Mary Cheney's Partner was the person

that was on Facebook taking on Liz Cheney. The title doesn't match the contents of the article.

[Lamonte]

21. Politics

She may be taking the position that a majority of voters in Wyoming have. She doesn't dare support her sister's natural tendencies.

[vankuria]

22. If Mary Cheney

wasn't gay, then the whole Cheney family would be against gay marriage for sure. I have little sympathy for Mary Cheney, she supports a party that for the most part does not recognize her relationship to her partner nor do they wish for her to have equal rights. So her sister doesn't support gay marriage, well cry me a river! How about supporting candidates that support you, your partner and your children you privileged piece of shit!

[eilen]

23. I hope this really backfires on Liz Cheney

that is really being an asshole-- throwing family under the bus to get what you perceive as political advantage. I mean, if she can't even defend and protect her own family, why would anyone trust her to care about her constituents?

What do the people of Wyoming think about this?

[SoCalMusicLover]

26. The Same People Of Wyoming Who Put Dick In Office?

I'm sure they don't have a problem with that position.

[truebluegreen]

30. As far as putting Dick in office, that was long ago

and I doubt if homophobia is a big driver of votes in Wyoming: sure, they are a bunch of macho shithead conservatives but there is a strong libertarian streak amongst the rugged individualist welfare ranchers, welfare farmers, welfare loggers, welfare miners and drillers etc etc etc.

[weissmam]

24. Pretty simple

how else is she going to pander to the GOP wing nuts

[tomm2thumbs]

25. Liz is the laughing stock of the family

she's being put out to pasture by daddy... but the fields won't have her

[47of74]

28. I wonder if Alaskan Barbie will butt in

God knows she does everything else.

[tanyev]

31. Time for Lynne to write a sequel.....

[Cleita]

32. Wasn't there some lesbian action in that novel as well?

I sort of remember Randi Rhodes talking about it.

[klook]

35. Yep - and this great literary work was

the basis for Lynne C.'s appointment as head of the NEH.

[nomorenomore08]

36. Do Mary and her partner/fiancee live in Wyoming? That would certainly explain

why they can't get married...

*Edit: Never mind, I see they got married in D.C. and they live in Virginia. My mistake.

[mdbl]

37. Wonder what Liz Cheney is thinking....

Liz says this...
despite the wishes of her sister, Mary Cheney, who is a lesbian with two children. "I love Mary very much, I love her family very much," Cheney said on Sunday morning. "This is just an issue on which we disagree."

While thinking this?.....

---I just think Mary should accept the fact that I think the very essence of her being is a lie. She shouldn't have the same rights in her marriage as i do. I don't hate gay people, I just think others have the right to hate whomever they want and our government policies should reflect that hate. Mary should understand the intolerance of who she is represents the best part of my political party. I would much rather she stayed in a closet so I didn't have to deal with this. She's so inconsiderate. Who does she think she is anyway?----

Can someone pass the turkey?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

38. All will be well, all forgiven ...

... the day after the election. However it turns out.

Liz is waving her "more right wing than thou" flag.

My conspiracy-theory brain cell thinks Mary might just be going along with the fight, to help Liz's campaign. All orchestrated by Dad, and Karl Rove.