Author: Mary Cheney

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John Kerry didn't out me, nor did he offend or attack me by calling me a lesbian. I certainly couldn't be offended by the truth.

John Kerry didn't out me, nor did he offend or attack me by calling me a lesbian. I certainly couldn't be offended by the truth.

- Mary Cheney

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

- Mary Cheney

Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time.

Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time.

- Mary Cheney

It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car.

It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car.

- Mary Cheney

I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

- Mary Cheney

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.

- Mary Cheney

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

- Mary Cheney

I came very close to quitting my job for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I seriously considered packing up my office and heading home to Colorado.

I came very close to quitting my job for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I seriously considered packing up my office and heading home to Colorado.

- Mary Cheney

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

- Mary Cheney

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