Mary Cheney Expecting Baby

By sm | December 7, 2006

Mr. Cheney’s office said today that Mary Cheney, the daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney is expecting a baby with her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe.”The announcement of Mary Cheney’s pregnancy, which was first reported today by The Washington Post, and her expected status as a same-sex parent, prompted new debate over the

administration’s opposition to gay marriage.”Reported nytimes.com.“The news of Mary Cheney’s pregnancy exemplifies, once again, how the best interests of children are denied when lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens are treated unfairly and accorded different and unequal rights and responsibilities than other parents,” the group’s executive director, Jennifer Chrisler, said in a statement.

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