From Cheney rejects gay marriage ban:
President Bush recently backed a motion calling for a federal ban on gay marriage, prompted by attempts in some US states to have same-sex unions legalised.
The motion was defeated when Republican senators sided with Democrats on the issue.
Vice-President Cheney said he and his wife "have a gay daughter, so it's an issue our family is very familiar with".
Regarding the issue of same-sex relationships, he said, "my general view is freedom means freedom for everyone".
He said individual states have historically decided "what constitutes a marriage".
Okay, so he's either infinitesimally less evil than we thought or extra evil, because even though he a) has pull in the White House and b) knows the ban is wrong, he waited until it wouldn't matter very much to say something against it in public. Either way, it's not good enough.
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