Mary Cheney defends same-sex parenting...

I've always wanted Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of VP Dick Cheney, to make some kind of public stand against the Republican Party's campaign against equal rights for gays and lesbians. I think it's a missed opportunity even though it puts her in a difficult position. But maybe by just living her life and having a baby with her partner, she is making the biggest statement of all. Here is some of what she said when speaking at Barnard College in Manhattan this week: "When Heather and I decided to have a baby, I knew it wasn’t going to be the most popular decision. [points to womb] This is a baby. This is a blessing from God. It is not a political statement. It is not a prop to be used in a debate, on either side of a political issue. It is my child."
She said Focus on the Family's James Dobson is "not someone whose endorsement I have ever drastically sought." And the Bush administration's religious right-wing base must have been thrilled when Cheney said: "Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years has shown there is no difference between children raised by same-sex parents and children raised by opposite-sex parents; what matters is being raised in a stable, loving environment."
Well said!