The former Vice President’s daughter, Mary, wed her long-time partner today. Mr. and Mrs. Cheney released a lovely statement announcing the news, as The Daily Caller reports:
In a statement provided to TheDC, both the former vice president and his wife, Lynne, said they are “delighted” the couple could have their “relationship recognized.”
“Our daughter Mary and her long time partner, Heather Poe, were married today in Washington, DC,” the Cheneys said.
Poe and Mary Cheney have two children: Cheney gave birth to a son in 2007, and a daughter in 2009. They live together in Virginia.
“Mary and Heather have been in a committed relationship for many years, and we are delighted that they were able to take advantage of the opportunity to have that relationship recognized,” the Cheneys said. “Mary and Heather and their children are very important and much loved members of our family and we wish them every happiness.”
“We are all so happy for Heather and Mary and their beautiful kids,” friend and former Cheney adviser Mary Matalin told TheDC. “Happy and moved by the blessing of their commitment and strength.”
Conservative Twitter users echoed the congratulations of Mary Matalin.
Good for them! RT @GOPROUD: @DailyCaller Exclusive: Mary Cheney marries longtime partner Heather Poe – http://t.co/c9eC3z3b #homocon
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 22, 2012
https://twitter.com/whereishawkins/status/216211352623120385
https://twitter.com/glmoorman/status/216212278297640960
This didn’t sit well with the bitter and always angry Left. Instead of being happy for the couple and offering congratulations, the Left instead spouted their usual hate-filled bile.
@Drudge_Report i wonder if #neocons are any good at licking pussy? #tcot #gop
— Restore Reality (@restorereality) June 22, 2012
How classy, enlightened and tolerant!
.@jaketapper That means Mary Cheney is BRANDED as an EVIL FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE by #Dominionist #GOP , correct? CORRECT? #SeeHowThatWORKS?
— mommadona™ (@mommadona) June 22, 2012
https://twitter.com/SherifOsmanClub/status/216213589902639106
@chrisgeidner @jaketapper Shameless, heartless. If Mary Cheney has a conscience she is going to need a lot of Ambien tonight.
— Simón Gómez V. (@simongomezv) June 22, 2012
Look in the mirror, shameless and heartless.
So Mary Cheney, traitor to the global queer family and lesbian, was married or something. For some reason I'm really disgusted by his news.
— onekade (@onekade) June 22, 2012
Disgusted. Instead of happy for the couple. These are the actual H8rs.
To a boy or a girl? RT @thedailybeast: Mary Cheney Gets Married http://t.co/zNrGWljS #cheatsheet
— Nicole (@Cocoamocogood) June 22, 2012
Is she still a Republican? Why?RT @jaketapper Mary Cheney married her partner Heather Poe in Washington DC today
— ?sczsa@dfw? (@SCZSA) June 22, 2012
https://twitter.com/tracilaw/status/216213985148678145
Wish her luck & equality. Her
Employers unlikely to comply #GOP Bigots RT@jaketapper: Mary Cheney married her partner in Washington DC today— Nomadsheart (@nomadsheart) June 22, 2012
https://twitter.com/FLaKeyBS/status/216220672001703936
Bigots, heal thyselves. And try to grow up and enter the real world, instead of living in a caricature-filled one. Get out of your basements and talk to real people.
Dick Cheney is happy Mary finally got married To a woman? Wait! I thought he stood firmly against gay right to marriage http://t.co/Or2FStVx
— Maithreyi (@maithreyi_s) June 22, 2012
No, honey. He is further “evolved” on that than The One.
https://twitter.com/ToddWine/status/216222526379003905
https://twitter.com/JimInBuffalo/status/216215677898473474
Bingo. They don’t actually care about gay people. They only seek to use them for a political end. The Cheneys recognized this long ago.
Mary Cheney’s sexual orientation has long been known, but she and her family said that it should not be used as political issue throughout her father’s political career.
“This is a baby,” Mary Cheney said in 2007 about her son. “This is a blessing from God. It is not a political statement. It is not a prop to be used in a debate by people on either side of an issue. It is my child.”
Exactly. But the Left often sink so low as to reprehensibly use children as political tools. They also continue to try to invent some divide in the Cheney family where none exists.
Her douche bag dad must be so proud – Exclusive: Mary Cheney marries longtime partner Heather Poe http://t.co/LQER5P1s
— DJ IMPEACHMENT (@djish247) June 22, 2012
The Cheneys have always supported their daughter, openly. It seems as if pretty much anyone with a functioning brain would know that. But, hey, it doesn’t suit the bigot narrative, now, does it?
Why are so many #anti– #gay #Republicans suddenly cheering Mary #Cheney's gay marriage? Oh, that's right, #GOP #gays are OK,others not.
— B Citizen (@atalknut) June 22, 2012
That is hilarious coming from people who try to punitively shame gay people who won’t toe the leftist line.
https://twitter.com/aliceinthewater/status/216224059707494400
See, she’s only an “authentic gay person” if she trots herself out as a tool for the left. They aren’t For The Gays ™. They are for using gay people only. Despicable.
Best wishes to Mary, Heather and their beautiful children.
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