The double standard

So, Dick Cheney, champion of gay rights, has expressed cold indignation at a CNN reporter for asking him a question any Democrat would have been skewered with.

Cheney's daughter is expecting a child with her (female) partner. CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked Cheney for a response to a statement by the reactionary group Focus on the Family:

"Just because its possible to concieve a child outside of the relationship of a married mother and father doesn't mean it's best for the child."

"That question is out of line" responded Cheney. Indeed, it is. What is amazing, however, is Cheney owes his position as Vice President in large part to the mobilization of such bigotry. Now he's in a huff because the same twisted rhetoric is being aimed at his family.

I suppose I should be used to this kind of hypocracy, and perhaps we should be happy that attitudes may be changing one family at a time. However, I'll not hold my breath waiting for Dick and Lynne Cheney to come to the defense of Democrats hit with these kinds of attacks.

Here's an article from the Fox News website about the exchange:

FOXNews.com - Cheney Calls Reporter's Question About Gay Daughter's Pregnancy 'Out of Line' - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum: "Mary Cheney and Heather Poe, her partner of 15 years, are expecting a baby in late spring."