Cheney's pose with new grandson Samuel.
Mary Cheney has given birth to a child that as it turns out will not share guardianship with Cheney's lesbian partner Heather Poe. You may recall I had a thought or two on the matter.
There is no real explanation as to why but the most interesting statement to me from the story was this quote:
Mary's homosexual partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, "will have no legal relationship with her child. She can't adopt as a second parent. She won't have her name on the birth certificate."
It will be interesting to see how the activists attempt to spin this. I for one think the reasoning is very sound behind the decision.
The Cheney's - particularly the Veep and Mrs. - conducted themselves very admirably in what had to be a bit of a contentious environment surrounding Mary's conception. Mary added to that debate when she spoke to a conference here in New York a few weeks later:
"This is a baby. This is a blessing from God. It is not a political statement. It is not a prop to be used in a debate by people on either side of an issue. It is my child." But she added that "every piece of remotely responsible research" had shown "no difference between children who are raised by same-sex parents and children raised by opposite-sex parents."
She is wrong by the way... The data overwhelmingly points to the healthiest outcome for children possible is to be raised in a two parent home that includes both a mother and a father.