DearMary.com-Send a letter to Mary Cheney, the gay daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, about gay marriage
Vice President Cheney, your father, recently said he would support adding anti-gay prejudice to the US Constitution, making you and millions of other Americans second-class citizens. As an open lesbian who has worked for years as a public advocate for gay civil rights, you are in a unique position to defend yourself and your community in this dire hour. Won't you join us in publicly opposing this bigoted un-American proposal?

Though Dick Cheney at one time seemed sympathetic to gay unions—in a 2000 debate with Joe Lieberman he said the issue should be left to the states—last month he said he would support "whatever decision" Bush makes. "I think the American people deserve to know he is willing to sell out his daughter for votes. It says something about his character," says John Aravosis, a Washington, D.C., political consultant who founded the site along with Los Angeles activist Robin Tyler. The two have a solid track record: in 2000 they helped force conservative talk-show host Dr. Laura Schlesinger off television with a similar campaign.


John used to moderate the USP board at About, and had great success with the "Stop Dr. Laura" site. IF Mary Cheney wishes to stay out of the public spotlight, I say leave her alone. But it sure would be nice if she came out (no pun intended) and campaigned against this amendment.