{"id":26500,"date":"2012-02-17T23:09:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T06:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/in-the-interest-of-fairness-i-applaud-dick-cheney-for-this.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T13:44:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T20:44:40","slug":"in-the-interest-of-fairness-i-applaud-dick-cheney-for-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/in-the-interest-of-fairness-i-applaud-dick-cheney-for-this.html","title":{"rendered":"In the interest of fairness, I applaud Dick Cheney for this"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cheney has said in the past that he favors states recognizing marriage equality (though not federal action to force it), and has a lesbian daughter. On that basis, it's not surprising, but quite gratifying, that, as a landowner on Maryland, he's been pushing behind the scenes for the Maryland marriage equality legislation to pass.<\/p>\n

I have a lot of problems with Cheney's performance as VP, but credit where credit is due. Thank you for your efforts here, sir. #ddtb<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer Vice President Dick Cheney has reportedly been lobbying behind the scenes for a Maryland same-sex marriage equality bill that is being debated this afternoon.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Cheney has said in the past that he favors states recognizing marriage equality (though not federal action to force it), and has a lesbian daughter. On that basis, it's not surprising, but quite gratifying, that, as a landowner on Maryland, he's been pushing behind the scenes for the Maryland marriage equality legislation to pass. 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