The hypocrisy throughout this story is unbelievable.
According to the vice president's office, Cheney's daughter, Mary Cheney, 37, and her longtime partner, Heather Poe, welcomed 8 lbs., 6 oz. Samuel David Cheney into the world at 9:46 this morning at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Cheney's pregnancy caused some stir with conservatives when it was disclosed last December, including James Dobson, chairman of the Focus on the Family lobbying group.
"We should not enter into yet another untested and far-reaching social experiment, this one driven by the desires of same-sex couples to bear and raise children," Dobson said at the time on the organization’s Web site.
And the President...
President Bush came to the couple's support shortly after, telling People magazine, "I think Mary is going to be a loving soul to her child. And I’m happy for her."
and finally...
Bush has supported a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages but Congress failed to pass it. The vice president’s daughter opposed the measure.
That last sentence made me laugh outloud.
Can we just now all agree that Bush/Rove's pandering to the Religious Right by pushing anti-gay causes is nothing but empty drival. They couldn't give a rat's ass. It's all about driving the homophobes and bigots to the polls, drooling with scary visions of gays coming to their towns on their next recruitment drive.
Finally, I wish Mary's baby all the best, but with Dick Cheney for a grandfather and a gay mom who helps elect anti-gay politicans, I think we should start a therapy trust fund now for poor little Samuel David. God help him.