On Tuesday, August 24, Vice President Cheney and his wife (Lynne) attended a town hall meeting in Davenport, Iowa.
A woman posed a question to VP Cheney. She wanted to know what, "in his heart," Cheney thought about the issue of same-sex marriage.
Cheney responded: ""Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it's an issue that our family is very familiar with. . . . With respect to the question of relationships,
my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People ought to be able to free -- ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to."
Cheney noted, however, that Bush endorsed an amendment to the United States Constitution to prevent the states from recognizing same-sex marriages. Nevertheless, Cheney expressed his own preference for leaving the issue in the hands of the states.
In response to Cheney's remarks, the following was reported:
Quote:Cheney surprises GOP base
. . . The Family Research Council, a conservative group with close White House ties, called Cheney's remarks disappointing. "Unfortunately, protection of our values is made more difficult when mixed messages emanate from the White House," said Tony Perkins, the group's president. "We support President Bush's commitment to a constitutional amendment on marriage, but
we are left to wonder why the vice president is allowed to depart from this position when the top of the ticket is unified on all other issues."
When the Vice President is requested to answer a question honestly -- from the heart -- shouldn't he be allowed to tell the truth about his own opinion on an issue?
What was he supposed to say? "Sorry, Maam. I cannot tell you from my heart where I stand on that issue because I'm NOT ALLOWED to depart from the party line."
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