Newsweek: Something About Mary (Cheney)

[BlueEyedSon]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4271472/

Gay-marriage proponents target the veep's daughter
By Mark Miller and Debra Rosenberg

Feb. 23 issue - In a campaign consumed with Vietnam War records and elusive weapons of mass destruction, the candidates have so far tiptoed around the season's touchiest wedge issue: gay marriage. Though advisers to George W. Bush hinted that the president would soon throw his support behind an amendment to the U.S. Constitution limiting marriage to the union of one man and one woman, he has yet to do so. And John Kerry hasn't been eager to detail his more nuanced stance against both gay marriage and any constitutional effort to ban it. The issue holds dangers for both sides. While Bush could rally his conservative base by backing an amendment, he doesn't want to alienate moderate voters by seeming mean-spirited. Kerry wants to stake out middle ground without seeming like another out-of-step Massachusetts liberal. Yet with grass-roots activists across the country ratcheting up the volume last week, the candidates may be dragged into the center of the latest cultural battle sooner than they'd like.

Activists on both sides are launching guerrilla strikes. Conservatives have railed against same-sex marriage on talk radio and e-mail networks for months. Now they're lobbying in statehouses across the country. In San Francisco, hundreds of gay couples raced to impromptu weddings on the steps of city hall's ornate rotunda, where Mayor Gavin Newsom defiantly began issuing same-sex licenses in apparent violation of California law. "I don't accept that I'm breaking the law," Newsom told NEWSWEEK. "This is about not allowing discrimination." In Massachusetts last week, foes of gay marriage scrambled to pass a constitutional ban. They failed but will try again next month. And in the most audacious surprise attack yet, a new Web site targeted Mary Cheney, the openly lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney. Within an hour of its launch, DearMary.com attracted 100 emotional letters pleading with her to weigh in against a constitutional amendment. "Where is your courage, Mary?" asked one. "Your community needs you to voice your dissent."

Website mentioned: http://www.dearmary.com

[terrya]

1. I just wrote a letter to Mary...

I admire John Aravosis, one of the co-founders of dearmary.com, a lot.

This is a great idea.

Thanks for posting this, BlueEyedSon

Terry

[Greyskye]

2. Done with a...

:kick:

[callous taoboy]

3. Done.

[PsN2Wind]

4. I'm sure that Cheney will come out

of his hidey-hole then and proclaim "Even though my daughter is a dyke, I stand behind my Prez".

[Claire Beth]

6. Yeah, he will kiss ass with dipwad

before he would stand in support of his own daughter.

[David Zephyr]

5. Kick!