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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  Cheney Backs 'Freedom' for Gay Relationships Tue Aug 24 2004 16:25:16 ET During a rally in Davenport, Iowa on Tuesday, Vice President Dick Cheney was asked by a woman "What do you think about homosexual marriage?" "Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it's an issue our family is very familiar with. With the respect to the question of relationships, my general view is freedom means freedom for everyone... People ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to. "The question that comes up with the issue of marriage is what kind of official sanction or approval is going to be granted by government? Historically, that's been a relationship that has been handled by the states. The states have made that fundamental decision of what constitutes a marriage." Cheney then went on to blast the courts for interfering in the matter and not allowing for the states to decide the issue: "I think his perception was that the courts, in effect, were beginning to change, without allowing the people to be involved. The courts were making the judgment for the entire country." Developing.. |
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