Mary Cheney to host Indy event to oppose marriage amendment

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INDIANAPOLIS – Mary Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, will help raise money for an effort to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment in Indiana to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Mary Cheney, who is married to a woman and has two children, will host a reception from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Dec. 11 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in downtown Indianapolis.

Basic tickets for the event are $30 for young adults under 30 years old and $100 for all other individuals. Sponsorships range from $500 to $5,000.

In an email announcing the event, Cheney said her opposition to the constitutional amendment “isn’t a matter of politics. It’s about family. It’s about everyone feeling welcome in the state they call home.”

The event is part of an effort by Freedom Indiana, a coalition of businesses, groups and individuals, to block the amendment, which will be considered by the General Assembly in the 2014 legislative session.

The Republican-controlled legislature has approved the amendment once but it must pass a second time before it can go on the ballot for ratification by voters. If that second approval doesn’t come in 2014, the multi-year approval process starts over.

A number of conservative lawmakers and organizations support the amendment and say protecting the institution of marriage from changes is important. But the proposed amendment goes farther and would ban civil unions as well.

Cheney said in her email that “freedom means freedom for everyone.”

“For me, that’s not just another saying,” she said. “It’s who I am – the core of what I believe. No one should be denied the fundamental liberties we all deserve.”

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  1. The only known good Cheney is comin’ to Indy town. Ho ho ho. Look for her spiteful sister to broom-in for a followup visit to try to confuse the easily addled.

  3. Interracial marriage was once illegal. One day we’ll look back at gay marriage bans in the same kind of negative light.

    • Homosexuality is not a race nor a gender. If we are going to grant licenses based on consent and commitment, then open it to all unions. Otherwise it is discrimination.

  5. i agree if they find a church that wants to do a marriage ceremony between gays so be it……….but under no circumstance should a church or anyone else be forced to go against their beliefs to appease someone else…..

      • There is a case going in front of the SCOTUS to determine if a private company can refuse services to anyone if it is against their personal ideals and values so your contention that no one is suggesting that is yet to be determined.

      • Yes, people are saying that. http://www.christian.org.uk/news/gay-couple-to-sue-church-over-gay-marriage-opt-out/

        This issue is being advanced by claiming that not allowing homosexual marriage is discrimination. So are you saying that it is alright to write into law that it is legal for churches to discriminate and that the power of the state should be used to protect a church’s right to discrimination? People are not thinking clearly about this issue because they have been duped into thinking they are following a movement when they are following an agenda.

        • I think our right to freedom of religion is sacred in this country. I would not support forcing churches to marry gays and that would never happen. I support letting those that choose to do so.

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