Talk:Mary Cheney
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On 29 July 2004, this article was nominated for deletion. The consensus reached was to keep the article. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Mary Cheney for a record of the debate. Rossami 23:42, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Attention to Mary's Sexuality
Can anyone show me compelling evidence for the following statement in Mary Cheney's bio? If not, I'm going to delete it because is smells of pure opinion. --Ryan Knoll 12:18, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- In 2000 the Cheney family had insisted that Mary was a private citizen and off-limits to the press. Even so, her presence seemed to bolster the compassionate conservative image that the Republican ticket wanted to convey to voters. --Ryan Knoll 12:18, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- I think the first sentence is accurate but I have not looked for a citation. It could be tricky to find one on the Internet because it is old. I think someone should track down a citation and the sentence should be left in. The second is an opinion. I wouldn't have a problem with its deletion. Nysus 17:08, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- I found a citation. An exact citation. A too-exact citation, in fact. The two sentences flagged by Ryan Knoll, along with the succeeding paragraph, were lifted almost verbatim from a Newsweek article reproduced on the MSNBC website (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4271472/). I'm undecided whether to paraphrase the original or to just quote it with attribution. While I'm thinking about that, I've added new heading here; Ryan, I hope this doesn't put your comment in a false light, but it was confusing to have it under the "From VfD" heading. JamesMLane 17:57, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
James, the phrase "and some Republicans' use of anti-gay themes" seems a bit strange. Can you name an elected officials or official Republican Party documents that set forth clear anti-gay themes? --67.163.8.148 14:04, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- It was the Republican National Committee, but they didn't sign their names. If you go to http://dearmary.com/ you can see the front of the mailing that DearMary cited in its criticism of Mary Cheney, and if you follow the link to [1] (http://www.steveclemons.com/GOPMailer.htm) you can see the whole thing. I think you raise a good point, so I've changed the reporting of DearMary's criticism of this mailing to specify whose mailing was being criticized. JamesMLane 06:22, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Your wording is better. As a side commentary note, the only relevant mention on the flier is "allowing same-sex marriage". Not sure how supporting the definition of marriage is using anti-gay themes or gay baiting.
Uncertainties about biographical information
Our previous text said Cheney lives in Denver. According to this article (http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-10-15-mary-cheney_x.htm) in USA Today, Cheney lives in Conifer. I don't think this is just a neighborhood of Denver. Our article on Trey Parker calls it a small town. The Conifer Chamber of Commerce website (http://www.conifer.com/chamber/direct.htm) refers to "Jefferson County" government services, so I suspect that it's an unincorporated town or the like. (The Chamber also says that Conifer is "a few miles southwest of downtown Denver". [2] (http://www.conifer.com/chamber/home.htm)) I'm changing her stated residence to the red-linked Conifer.
- Conifer is roughly 40 miles southwest of downtown Denver and well into the mountains, although the commute has gotten shorter with the widening of the highway over the last 8 years.MarnetteD | Talk 02:56, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
She received her MBA in 2002. According to an article (http://www.denverpost.com/cda/article/print/0,1674,36%257E11676%257E1881360,00.html) in the Denver Post, she joined her father's campaign in July 2003. It would be nice if we could add some information about whatever she did in the interim. JamesMLane 06:59, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- JamesMLane, I am not convinced. Please supply more proof. 216.153.214.94 04:01, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Latest edit inaccurate
RyanKnoll claimed that Mary Cheney resigned from the RUC because of the increasing public discussion over same-sex marriage. Mary resigned in early 2003, when same-sex marriage was not a major issue (the major issue at the time was sodomy laws and right to privacy -- Mary resigned because of the furor over Rick Santorum's remarks and because fundamentalists were more and more outspoken about the GOP not being harsh enough on gay rights -- this was around the same time that RNC chairman Marc Racicot was transferred after speaking to a group for gay Republicans). I also removed "pro-family" because these organizations spend little time focused on family, unless you believe that banning wills and hospital visitation rights for gay couples or putting gays in jail somehow strengthens the family. I also edited the part about Mary "flaunting" herself at her father's victory rally, unless Ryan has seen some footage of Mary and her partner making out or cuddling onstage (they weren't even standing together in the photo I saw) and this somehow did not make the evening news.
--JamesB3 12:24, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- The gay marriage debate was increasing when Mary resigned in July 2003[3] (http://www.republicanunity.com/archive/2003_07_06_archive.htm). But you're right about the issue not being quite as high profile nationally until 4 months later. Courts in Hawaii, Alaska and Vermont ruled that banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, and the Mass case was filed in 2001 and speculation about the State Supreme court decision was mounting. Most pro-family groups beleive homosexual choices (gay sex, gay marriage, etc.) should not be equally endorsed and supported by society as hetero relationships...regardless of your particular views about the recommended influences and dynamics of family. The "flaunting" word was the exact language used in the linked artcle. --Ryan Knoll 17:22, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
The other court cases (AK, HI) were in the early-mid 90's and most discussion of them had stopped by the late 90's, partially because of the Defense of Marriage Act. MA didn't become a major issue until November 2003. The main reason that Mary resigned was because the well-funded anti-gay zealots who make up the base of the party were spreading rumors that Bush was involved in the "gay agenda" because he appointed a few gays to minor administration positions and Marc Racicot met with a few gay groups. So when the sodomy law stuff became an issue, the GOP had to start the attacks in order to keep their base happy.
Vermont was never really a big national issue in 2000 that I can remember, since so much at that time was focused on the Presidential race and gay rights were barely discussed by either campaign (whereas in 2004 one campaign seemed to run almost entirely on gay-bashing). I realize the viewpoint of the people in the article -- I would recommend that those words like "flaunting" have quotation marks around them, as they have now, if they ever went into the profile. I forget to do that myself too often.
Anyway, we have gone around in circles so many times and obviously we have very different viewpoints on this issue. So, have a nice day, and I will not keep changing or re-editing the entry as long as it seems fair.
--JamesB3 12:37, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
