Conservative Groups Diss Cheney’s Daughter

Few things are more amusing to watch than conservative groups cannibalize one of their own.

Case in point, the religious right is already on the warpath over the pregnancy of Vice President Dick Cheney’s lesbian daughter, Mary Cheney.

Mary Cheney, 37, and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, 45, are expecting a baby in late spring. No word yet on who was the sperm donor.

Family Pride, which advocates on behalf of gay and lesbian families, noted that Virginia last month became one of 27 states with a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

“The couple will quickly face the reality that no matter how loved their child will be, he or she will never have the same protections that other children born to heterosexual couples enjoy.

Grandfather Cheney will no doubt face a lifetime of sleepless nights as he reflects on the irreparable harm he and his administration have done to the millions of American gay and lesbian parents and their children.”

Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America described the pregnancy as “unconscionable.”

“It’s very disappointing that a celebrity couple like this would deliberately bring into the world a child that will never have a father. They are encouraging people who don’t have the advantages they have. Love can’t replace a mother and a father.”

It’s good to see Vice President Cheney’s conservative base label the birth of his grandchild a mistake. These are the very people Cheney has represented throughout his 40 years in public life.