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kpete

(71,900 posts)
Sat Jan 24, 2015, 12:26 PM Jan 2015

Mary Cheney: 'I'm Darth Vader's daughter'

Mary Cheney, the openly-gay daughter of former Bush administration Vice President Dick Cheney, gave an interesting talk at DC’s American University the other day.

“I’m Darth Vader’s daughter,” Cheney, 45, said during a discussion at American University on Wednesday, adding that the moniker led her to decorate her son’s room with a vintage figurine of the “Star Wars” character.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/mary-cheney-darth-vader-daughter-114489.html#ixzz3PkzV5M8f

Mary talked about marriage equality (aka “gay marriage), and her belief that the Republican party might finally embrace gay marriage by the year 2020 or 2028.

Mary also seemed to signal that she’s still on the outs with her conservative sister Liz, who ran for the Senate in 2013, and came out publicly against gay marriage. Liz’s comments at the time didn’t sit well with Mary, who is married to her longtime partner, Heather Poe — the couple have two children. Mary publicly blasted Liz at the time

http://americablog.com/2015/01/darth-vaders-gay-daughter-speaks.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Americablog+%28AMERICAblog+News+%29

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Mary Cheney: 'I'm Darth Vader's daughter' (Original Post) kpete Jan 2015 OP
SOOOO, she admits it!!!!11 louis-t Jan 2015 #1
Yes, yes she is. n/t Oilwellian Jan 2015 #2
She predicted that by 2020 or, at most 2028, the Republican Party may embrace same-sex marriage. oberliner Jan 2015 #3
by then President Hillary Clinton will have appointed 2 Liberal Supreme Court Justices... VanillaRhapsody Jan 2015 #4
She is NOT Princess Leia!!! kentauros Jan 2015 #5
She WISHES she was Darth Vader's daughter MurrayDelph Jan 2015 #6
Not if her mom lied Tom Ripley Jan 2015 #7
That's an insult to Darth Vader book_worm Jan 2015 #8
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
3. She predicted that by 2020 or, at most 2028, the Republican Party may embrace same-sex marriage.
Sat Jan 24, 2015, 12:46 PM
Jan 2015

What do you think? Will that prediction come true?

 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
4. by then President Hillary Clinton will have appointed 2 Liberal Supreme Court Justices...
Sat Jan 24, 2015, 01:10 PM
Jan 2015

who will make Gay marriage the law of the land....the Republicans will then be off the hook on that issue.

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