Not a few conservative Christians are having a fit over the fact that the Vice President's lesbian daughter Mary is preggers. I don't like it any more than most conservative Christians, I'd wager, but what do people want from Dick and Lynne Cheney? To say that they're ashamed of their daughter? That they won't have anything to do with the baby?
I think they said, via the VP's spokesman, the right thing: that they're looking forward to another grandchild. That's what I would have said, and I'd leave it at that. Liberals ask me all the time what I would do if one of my kids turns out gay. The answer is: love them with all my heart, through whatever challenges may arise, and never, ever turn my back on them. Loving someone doesn't mean approving of all that they do or believe in. I cannot imagine anything coming between the love of me for my children -- and the children they produce, in whatever circumstance. New life is good, and always and everywhere to be welcomed.
I have no idea what Dick and Lynne Cheney believe about their daughter Mary's sexuality and choices, but I believe they love their daughter, and will love any children she chooses to have. Good on them, say I. That's admirable. If any of my kids should conclude that he or she is gay, and is having a child with his/her partner, that will be a matter for our family to deal with. But if anybody should ask or expect me to denounce or distance myself from my flesh and blood over it, I'd sock them in the nose.
Mary Cheney is pregnant. Big whoop.
Thursday December 7, 2006
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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
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Stefanie - Please let me know what the "solution" is.>
Mary Cheney and her "longtime partner" Heather Poe are wrong.
They say "that, for all intents and purposes, they consider themselves to be [married]".
There are 1,138 "intents and purposes" for which they are NOT considered married, according to the Government Accountability Office (as quoted in the New York Times "Altar Sit-In: No 'I Do' Till Gays Can Wed", Sunday, December 3rd).
Not the least of these "intents and purposes" would be Ms Poe's automatic
right to hospital visitation should, God forbid, anything happen during Ms
Cheney's pregnancy.
And should Ms Poe and her family ever have it on the outs with the Cheney
family, it would not be the first time a gay or lesbian's "longtime partner" would bear severe consequences at the hands of, well, a right-wing, anti-gay ideology.
This is largely the fault of Mary Cheney's own father and the policies and ideologies of the Administration he represents.
Good luck to them both, I say, but if they were married, those pesky "intents and purposes" would be moot, regardless of whether or not President Bush thinks the people denied them are "just fine".>
Kimberley,
You really should get out and meet some actual, real live gay people, 'cuz what you type about us is so inaccurate.
"*deliberately* creating a child who will never know his or her father"
How on earth do you know this? I know many gay couples who's children are raised with the help and nourishment of BOTH biological parents, as well as the same-gender spouse. Those children DO know their fathers, since their fathers are intimately involved in their upbringing. You lie about us. You promote sad, hate-filled, hate-fueled untruths about us.
"never have the chance - by intent and design - to have his or her married parents"
Well, if the laws were changed to allow the couples to actually GET married, then you might have a point. Until then...
"and being raised in a sexually disordered relationship"
Ah, THERE's that 'loving' "christian" response we've all come to expect from the likes of you.
Seek help, Kim. It IS out there.>
scotch meg,
"We know -- objectively -- that a mom-and-dad family is best for children.
Abbsolute crap, meg. What if the mom and dad are at each others throats? What if they're physically abusive to one another or to the kids? What if the "dad" is a child molester? (Many heterosexual dads are, ya know).
Your blanket statement is preposterous.>
" i do not think that gays and lesbians should be raising kids, period."
Well, 'thanks' for your 'opinion', Mary Thomas. I believe otherwise. Period.>
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