"Freedom means freedom for everyone."
Here's some of today's big news. I just know it's going to piss off people like my mother, who are going to try to find some way to deny it even happened!
"Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday he supports gays being able to marry but believes states, not the federal government, should make the decision.
'I think, you know, freedom means freedom for everyone,' Cheney said in a speech at the National Press Club. 'I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish, any kind of arrangement they wish.'
Cheney, who has a gay daughter, said marriage has always been a state issue.
'And I think that's the way it ought to be handled today, that is, on a state-by-state basis. Different states will make different decisions. But I don't have any problem with that. I think people ought to get a shot at that,' he said."
(More here!)
Compare that to this statement from last year that Obama recently repeated!
"TAPPER: You oppose same-sex marriage.
OBAMA: Yes.
TAPPER: Do you think that the fact that this is now going on in California, does that cause you to re-think your pledge to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act?
OBAMA: No. I still think that these are decisions that need to be made at a state and local level. I'm a strong supporter of civil unions. And I think that, you know, we're involved in a national conversation about this issue.
You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman, but I also think that same-sex partners should be able to visit each other in hospitals, they should be able to transfer property, they should be able to get the same federal rights and benefits that are conferred onto married couples."
"Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday he supports gays being able to marry but believes states, not the federal government, should make the decision.
'I think, you know, freedom means freedom for everyone,' Cheney said in a speech at the National Press Club. 'I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish, any kind of arrangement they wish.'
Cheney, who has a gay daughter, said marriage has always been a state issue.
'And I think that's the way it ought to be handled today, that is, on a state-by-state basis. Different states will make different decisions. But I don't have any problem with that. I think people ought to get a shot at that,' he said."
(More here!)
Compare that to this statement from last year that Obama recently repeated!
"TAPPER: You oppose same-sex marriage.
OBAMA: Yes.
TAPPER: Do you think that the fact that this is now going on in California, does that cause you to re-think your pledge to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act?
OBAMA: No. I still think that these are decisions that need to be made at a state and local level. I'm a strong supporter of civil unions. And I think that, you know, we're involved in a national conversation about this issue.
You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman, but I also think that same-sex partners should be able to visit each other in hospitals, they should be able to transfer property, they should be able to get the same federal rights and benefits that are conferred onto married couples."