Dick Cheney Part Of Marriage Equality Lobbying Effort In Maryland: Report

[iandhr]

WASHINGTON -- Dick Cheney is part of a lobbying campaign to convince at least one Maryland state lawmaker to back marriage equality, the Baltimore Sun reported on Thursday. Since leaving the vice president's office, Cheney has been increasingly vocal in his support for same-sex marriage, but the extent of his engagement on the issue was not previously well known.

The Sun story, flagged by John Aravosis at AMERICAblog, focused on the fight in the state over Gov. Martin O'Malley's (D) bill to legalize gay marriage. It revealed that Maryland Del. Wade Kach (R-Baltimore) had been offered to chat with Cheney, ostensibly to convince him to support marriage equality.

Kach (R-Baltimore) had been widely expected to vote against the legislation. He told the Sun that he changed his mind and decided to support it after hearing testimony from committed same-sex couples during a hearing last week, which went on for nearly 11 hours. In addition, Kach received some pressure from high-profile national Republicans:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/17/dick-cheney-gay-marriage-maryland_n_1284727.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

[tinrobot]

1. Wow. Hell froze over...

Dick Cheney and I actually agree on something.

[Faygo Kid]

4. +1

Me, too.

[Angry Dragon]

5. One has to remember that he has a lesbian daughter

he loves her very much and she is in a relationship and they have 2?? children together

[sofa king]

15. And that sociopaths view their children as extensions of themselves.

[antigone382]

2. The comment that comes to mind would be an insult to broken clocks...

May Cheney's support lend universality and success to the marriage equality fight...and may his seeming awakening understanding of justice on this issue lead to a broader and deeper awakening to the terrible impact his choices have had on humanity, and an effort to redeem himself in other ways as well.

[denverbill]

3. That's only because he's not running for office anymore AND his daughter is gay.

If he wasn't running for office he'd still oppose it.

[vankuria]

6. And if he didn't have a gay daughter

He most definately would not be lending support to marriage equality.

[NYC Liberal]

7. Remember Cheneys' outrage when Kerry dared to even mention

"Dick Cheney's daughter, who is a lesbian" at the debate in 2004? Because that was during an election. And the right-wing base wasn't supposed to know about it.

[PassingFair]

11. Most of the right wingers I know already knew about it.

And the ones who didn't know didn't care.

It was a completely classless move on Kerry's part.

[NYC Liberal]

13. No, it was one line used as an example for a larger point.

Completely appropriate.

[PassingFair]

14. Most of the people in my office were offended by it.

And most of them were on the fence in that election.

[Volaris]

20. wow I remember that...

and remember thinking the same thing (Kerry had pretty much held his own in that debate, and then said that because someone on his staff had TOLD him to say it if he had an opening, and I thought "he REALLY didn't need to go there, he's already won this thing..."

As an aside, It occurs to me that MOST of Human Enlightenment begins with the recognition that our kids are people too, that we won't be here forever to defend them, and that after were gone our legacy should be that we worked for them to have a better life than we had. Perhaps this is the case here (and I know, its a BIG perhaps when it comes to Lord Darth Cheney.)

[former9thward]

18. In the VP debate with Edwards he said it was a state issue.

If a state wanted to do it then that would be OK. That really is no different than what he is doing now.

[auburngrad82]

8. This must be a mistake

It would mean he has a heart and we know that ain't the case.

[Gringostan]

9. Good for him

Good for him - now go strait to jail were you belong.

[Odin2005]

10. OMG, Hell just froze over.

[auburngrad82]

12. That's impossible

If it were true it would indicate that Cheney actually does have a heart.

I'm gonna check this out on Snopes...

[yurbud]

16. all people should have equal rights...to come to the dark side!

[beac]

17. Too little. Much, MUCH too late.

The fact that his daughter is gay (and simple human decency) should have prompted him to get on the right side of this issue YEARS ago. Cheney is still scum.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. It is done