Dick Cheney Backs Same-Sex Marriage

June 4, 2009

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday at the National Press Club that he supports same-sex marriage.

“I think, you know, freedom means freedom for everyone," Cheney said in his speech. "I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish; any kind of arrangement they wish. And I think that's the way it ought to be handled today, that is, on a state-by-state basis. Different states will make different decisions. But I don't have any problem with that. I think people ought to get a shot at that.”

Later on Wednesday, June 3, Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz met with told Greta Van Susteren on “On the Record.”

Cheney restated, “I made the announcement at the outset that I believe equal rights means equal rights for everybody and that people ought to be able to enter into any kind of relationship they want, but that the states ought to retain the ability to regulate and determine what's marriage and what the legal status of those unions are. It should not be a federal issue.”

Van Susteren said, “President Obama is in favor of civil unions, not in favor of gay marriage. Are you saying you're in favor -- if you were, you know, hitting the button in the voting booth, that you would be for your state having gay marriage, or would be you be…”

Cheney said, “Well, I look at it, obviously, in personal terms. And my daughter, Mary, is in a -- you know [a same-sex relationship], I think a very commendable relationship with somebody she's known for a long time, and I'm strongly supportive of that.”

These statements are a step in the direction of jumping out of The Dumbass Club.