Reply #1: Letter to the Editor: [View All]

[David__77]

Vice President Cheney and his wife quickly attacked Sen. John Kerry’s supportive comment about their daughter Mary during the last presidential debate, but they were silent when Illinois Republican senatorial candidate Alan Keyes denounced Ms. Cheney as a “selfish hedonist” for being gay.

John Kerry didn't violate anyone's privacy: Mary Cheney is an openly gay public figure. She is a major official in the Bush-Cheney campaign and has advocated for gay rights for years. Vice President Cheney has publicly mentioned her sexual orientation several times, and thanked John Edwards for his supportive comments about his daughter during their recent debate. John Kerry’s comment was obviously not intended with malice, but rather with kindness. I think that this fact is clear to the gay community and its friends.

I felt bad for Ms. Cheney when she and her partner sat on the sidelines watching, as the rest of her family joined her father on the stage at the Republican National Convention. Why didn’t they feel comfortable enough to be acknowledged along with the rest of their family?

Mary Cheney isn't ashamed or embarrassed about who she is. Why are her parents?