Mary Cheney shames anti-gay GOPers:...

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/mary-cheney-shames-anti-gay-gopers-for-years-i-have-listened-to-them-talk-about-importance-of-family/

Mary Cheney shames anti-gay GOPers: ‘For years I have listened to them talk about importance of family’
David Edwards
03 Jun 2015 at 09:29 ET


Mary Cheney, a Washington, D.C. political consultant and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, suggested this week that members of her family’s party were hypocrites for saying that they supported family values while they opposed marriage rights for same-sex couples.

In a column published by Fox News on Monday, Cheney pointed out that Republican presidential candidates seemed to be waging a contest to see “who can be the most stalwart defender of ‘traditional marriage’ – who can most effectively stoke the unfounded fears of the far right.”

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“The Republican Party has always claimed to be in favor of certain key principles including, support for individual liberty, personal responsibility and the belief that strong families are the corner stone of our society,” she insisted. “This is exactly why more leaders of the party should embrace the idea of marriage equality.”

Cheney argued that more same-sex marriages would “increase relationship stability, strengthen families and provide legal protections for children growing up in same-sex families – all of which are goals in keeping with the principles of the Republican Party.”

“For years I have listened while Republican candidates talked about the importance of family and the need for our country to support strong families,” she declared. “I whole-heartedly agree. We do need to support families, but that means supporting all families – regardless of which state they live in, how they look or how they are made.”

[Stuart G]

1. I guess even a broken clock, is correct a couple of times a day...nt