Cheney More Liberal Than Obama on Gay Marriage

Is Dick Cheney more liberal than Barack Obama? Yes, at least on one issue. Speaking at the National Press Club yesterday, Cheney reiterated his support for same-sex marriage, as long as the issue is decided by the states not the federal government. “People ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish, any kind of arrangement they wish,” That officially puts him to the left of President Obama, who has endorsed civil unions rather than marriage, for lesbians and gays. It’s not a new position for Cheney, whose youngest daughter, Mary, is gay. The former Veep has been saying the same thing for years, dating back to the 2000 vice presidential debate with Joe Lieberman. "We ought to do everything we can to tolerate and accommodate whatever kind of relationships people want to enter into," Cheney said back then.

On an unrelated note, Cheney was stopped on the street yesterday by a paparazzi working for TMZ who asked him about Susan Boyle, of all things. “Pretty good,” Cheney says. For the record, this Gaggler was very disappointed not to see Cheney’s talking car.