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!