better him than me

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Bababooyee

OK. I am just not seeing the connection between providing a legal definition of "marriage" and an actual ban.

Also, I fail to see why pressing a public official on his family when it is clear that he doesn't want to talk about them is justified. Regardless of political affiliation, it doesn't seem unreasonable for them to want some semblance of a private family life.

For the sake of clarity, legal definitions by proxy create bans. If you decide to create a law that legally defines citizens as "caucasian men and women born in America," then only caucasian men and women can be citizens. It immediately bans Asians and anyone of any African descent from being a citizen. Legally stating that something (marriage) is ONLY something (between a man and a woman) then bans any recognition of gay marriages through use of the language.

I don't personally care what D.C. thinks about anything at all in the entire world, however I enjoyed how defensive he got about it. If his daughter were to murder someone, it would be the same to ask him what he thought about that, because after all, Republicans are against murder. So because Republicans are, by and large, so vehemently opposed to anything homosexual, and have pandered to their base with the ridiculous amendment thing (and in doing so, used without fail the argument that children should be raised in only heterosexual families with two parents), it seems like a perfectly legitimate question to ask of Cheney what he thinks about his homosexual daughter raising a child with her lesbian partner.

Slightly ironic how that works. But nonetheless entertaining.