Keyes: Cheney's Lesbian Daughter Is a Sinner
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Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2004
NEW YORK Illinois Republican Senate candidate Alan Keyes
labeled homosexuality "selfish hedonism" and said Vice President
Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter was a sinner.
The former talk show host, who has made two unsuccessful runs for
the White House, made the comments Monday night in an interview with
Sirius OutQ, a satellite radio station that provides programming
aimed at gays and lesbians.
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After saying homosexuality is "selfish hedonism," Keyes was
asked if that made Mary Cheney "a selfish hedonist."
"Of course she is," Keyes replied. "That goes by
definition."
Liz Cheney, Mary's sister, refused to comment Wednesday during
an interview on CNN.
"I guess I'm surprised, frankly, that you would even repeat the
quote, and I'm not going to dignify it with a comment," she told
the interviewer.
Log Cabin Republicans, a gay and lesbian organization,
denounced Keyes' remark.
"In a political career defined by failures, this is a new low
for Alan Keyes," executive director Patrick Guerriero said in a
statement Wednesday. "Attacking politicians' children is beyond
the pale, even for an extremist like Alan Keyes."
In the days before the Republican National Convention, Dick
Cheney spoke at some length about the fact that Mary is a lesbian
and his view of gay relationships. His tacit support for states'
rights on same-sex marriage and less-than-ringing
endorsement of President Bush's push for a constitutional amendment
to ban gay unions drew criticism from several conservative groups.
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