Mary Cheney donates money to homophobic Senate hopeful

Bilerico  Sep 01 09

In the summer of 2007 I met up with my teen-years boyfriend to see where we were now. We didn't have much to talk about (which was one of the main reasons we knew it wouldn't ever work out... how little things change), so the conversation turned to the early primaries. He asked who I liked, and I said that I wish there were a viable, likeable candidate with the politics of Kucinich, but, really, it's not like any of the others could be worse than Bush. He said he like McCain because he would be "strong on terror." He said that he took Mary Cheney's position, that same-sex marriage is one small issue among many, and that he's not a "single-issue voter. Full story...

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