Sep. 2nd, 2004 02:58 am
Sep. 2nd, 2004
That's right.. he running against probably the most amazing speaker at this year's Democratic National Convention.Keyes: Cheney's Gay Daughter Is A Sinner
• Vice President's Other Daughter Refused To Comment On Quote
Sep 1, 2004 11:05 am US/Central
NEW YORK (CBS) Illinois Republican Senate candidate Alan Keyes labeled homosexuality "selfish hedonism" and said Vice President Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter is a sinner.
The former talk show host who has made two unsuccessful runs for the White House made the comments Monday night in an interview with Sirius OutQ, a satellite radio station that provides programming aimed at gays and lesbians.
After saying homosexuality is "selfish hedonism," Keyes was asked if that made Mary Cheney "a selfish hedonist."
"Of course she is," Keyes replied. "That goes by definition."
Liz Cheney, Mary's sister, refused to comment Wednesday during an interview on CNN.
"I guess I'm surprised, frankly, that you would even repeat the quote, and I'm not going to dignify it with a comment," she told the interviewer.
The Log Cabin Republicans, a gay and lesbian organization, denounced Keyes' remark.
"In a political career defined by failures, this is a new low for Alan Keyes," executive director Patrick Guerriero said in a statement Wednesday. "Attacking politician's children is beyond the pale, even for an extremist like Alan Keyes."
In the days before the Republican National Convention, Dick Cheney spoke at some length about the fact that Mary is a lesbian and his view of gay relationships. His tacit support for states' rights on the issue of same-sex marriage and less-than-ringing endorsement of President Bush's push for a constitutional amendment to ban gay unions drew criticism from several conservative groups.
Keyes is running for the Illinois senate seat against Barack Obama, keynote speaker at July's Democratic National Convention in Boston.
GO OBAMA!
Ironic that there is so much attention being paid to John Kerry's medals. The Air Force Personnel Center and the Air Force Historical Research Center both confirm that Bush never recieved the award displayed in the photograph.

The Uniform Code of Military Justice states that this is an act punishable by six months confinment and a discharge from the service.