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An inevitable food fight at the Cheney's this holiday season

Things could get a little awkward over the holidays at the Cheney's place. Liz Cheney - daughter of former Vice President and Darth Vader clone Dick Cheney - is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Wyoming as a Republican. Even though her sister, Mary, has come out of the closet and is married to Heather Poe, Liz hasn't been coy about her opposition to gay marriage.

In response, Ms. Poe shared the following comment on Facebook:

"I was watching my sister-in-law on Fox News Sunday (yes Liz, in fifteen states and the District of Columbia you are my sister-in-law) and was very disappointed to hear her say 'I do believe in the traditional definition of marriage.'

Liz has been a guest in our home, has spent time and shared holidays with our children, and when Mary and I got married in 2012 - she didn't hesitate to tell us how happy she was for us.

To have her now say she doesn't support our right to marry is offensive to say the least.

I can't help but wonder how Liz would feel if as she moved from state to state, she discovered that her family was protected in one but not the other.

I always thought freedom meant freedom for EVERYONE."

Mary went on to share the post, adding, "Liz - this isn't just a issue on which we disagree - you're just wrong - and on the wrong side of history."

Liz then made the following comment in the New York Times: "I love my sister and her family and have always tried to be compassionate towards them. I believe that is the Christian way to behave."

The "Christian" way - to try to be loving and compassionate, but not accepting. Isn't that sweet?

Well, if nothing else, Liz Cheney has certainly found a winning bumper-sticker slogan on which to run her campaign - "Liz Cheney - against her sister's marriage rights, for family values."

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/11/18/2957601/cheney-family-feud-marriage/
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