Cheney Says Does Not Back Federal Gay Marriage Ban
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Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday that he does not personally support a constitutional amendment against gay marriage but accepts President Bush's decision to pursue such a ban as administration policy.
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US Vice-President Dick Cheney opposes a federal ban on gay marriage - seemingly contradicting George Bush.
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The state attorney general, who played a key role in state efforts to fight the legalization of gay marriage a year ago, now says he favors same-sex marriage and will oppose any efforts to ban it.
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A second Washington state judge ruled  on Tuesday that the state's ban on gay marriage is  unconstitutional, saying that the administration cannot limit  the legal benefits of marriage to heterosexual couples.
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President Bush need not worry any longer about getting reelected, but he &quot;absolutely&quot; plans to champion a gay marriage ban anyway, his top political adviser promised yesterday.
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Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that he has no confidence in Democratic Sen. John Kerry to be a strong commander in chief capable of hunting down terrorists.
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The White House offered support on Wednesday for Vice President Dick Cheney, a powerful proponent of the Iraq war, after the conviction of his top aide dealt a fresh blow to Cheney's political reputation and raised new questions about his influence.
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Liz Cheney, the daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, said Tuesday that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry had no business dragging her sister's gay lifestyle into the presidential debate.
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Vice President Dick Cheney sought to clarify explosive comments earlier this week that the "wrong choice" in November would risk another terrorist attack, and said Friday that he was "not in the business" of challenging Sen. John Kerry's patriotism.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 30, 2004 - The House emphatically rejected a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes advanced by Republican leaders in the run-up to Election Day.
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Vice President Cheney today refused to back down from his assertion that the Democratic approach to Iraq would "validate the al Qaeda strategy," while he defended the recent nuclear deal with North Korea despite criticism from conservative allies.
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The Republican-controlled House of Representatives failed to pass a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes pushed to a vote in the run-up to Election Day.
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Waterford, Mich. -- Vice President Dick Cheney spelled out Tuesday his differences with President Bush on the volatile issue of gay marriage, while for the first time discussing the sexual orientation of his gay daughter in a public setting.
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WASHINGTON - The House followed the Senate in decisively rejecting a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, ending for this year debate on what has become the dominant issue for the Republican Party's conservative base.    The 227-186 vote in the House Thursday was well short of the two-thirds majority needed to advance a constitutional amendment, but fulfilled a promise by backers to get lawmakers on the record on the highly sensitive issue in the run-up to Election Day...
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NEW YORK - Vice President Dick Cheney was stepping Wednesday up to denounce Democrat John Kerry's "confusion of conviction" after President Bush formally won the Republican nomination for a second term in a carefully choreographed GOP convention roll call.    Tuesday night, before a roaring audience of delegates, Bush was lauded by his wife, Laura, and California Gov...
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The Church's opposition to gay marriage is "non-negotiable" and Catholic politicians have a moral duty to oppose it, as well as laws on abortion and euthanasia, Pope Benedict said in a document issued on Tuesday.
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Vice President Dick Cheney said on Saturday that the United States and its allies must not allow Iran to become a nuclear power and raised concerns about Tehran's actions and "inflammatory" rhetoric.