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Mary Cheney and lesbian
partner to become parents
Vice President's openly-gay daughter and partner, Heather Poe, expecting
baby in late spring; Cheney looking forward to birth of 6th grandchild
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Mary Cheney, the openly
gay daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney and
his wife, Lynne, is pregnant.
Mary Cheney, 37, and her partner of 15 years,
Heather Poe, 45, are expecting a baby, said Lea
Anne McBride, a spokeswoman for the vice
president. The baby is due in late spring.
"The vice president and Mrs. Cheney are look-
ing forward with eager anticipation to the arrival
of their sixth granddaughter," McBride said.
The vice president's other, older daughter,
Elizabeth Cheney, is on leave as deputy assistant
secretary of state after having her fifth child with
her husband in July.
Mary Cheney was an aide to her father during
the 2004 campaign, as was Elizabeth, and now is
vice president for consumer advocacy at AOL.
McBride declined to elaborate on the circum-
stances of Mary Cheney's pregnancy. Mary
Cheney and Poe moved from Colorado to
Virginia a year ago to be closer to the Cheney
family. Virginia is one of seven states where vot-
ers approved anti-gay-marriage amendments
during the midterm election in November.
Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of Family
Pride, a national organization that advocates for
GLBT people and their families, said news of
Mary Cheney's pregnancy exemplifies the
inequities faced by GLBT-headed families.
"As Mary and Heather enter into the life-
changing roles of parents, they will quickly face
the reality that no matter how loved their child
will be — by its mothers and its grandparents,
aunts and uncles, cousins and close family
friends — he or she will never have the same
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released Wednesday. "Mary and Heather current-
ly live in Virginia. Unless they move to a hand-
ful of less restrictive states, Heather will never be
able to have a legal relationship with her child."
Chrisler also pointed out that a "climate of
hostility" toward the LGBT community has
worsened during the Bush administration, for
which Vice President Cheney has been "second
in command."
She accused the vice president of having been
Mary Cheney, 37, and her partner of 15 years, Heather
Poe, 45, are expecting a baby in late spring, according to
Lea Anne McBride, a spokeswomen for thhe vice presi-
dent.
"complicit in the largest full-scale attack on the
LGBT community in modern history. He, his
president and his political party have repeatedly
targeted the LGBT community and LGBT fami-
lies for scapegoating as part of their calculated
political strategy and have attacked at all levels
the rights and protections his own daughter will
need to ensure a strong, healthy, legally protect-
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"Grandfather Cheney will no doubt face a life-
time of sleepless nights as he reflects on the
irreparable harm he and his administration have
done to the millions of American gay and lesbian
parents and their children." Chrisler said.
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