They're baaaaack. And none too pleased:
[Cheney's] comments drew criticism from the conservative Family Research Council, with President Tony Perkins saying, "I find it hard to believe the vice president would stray from the administration's position on defense policy or tax policy. For many pro-family voters, protecting traditional marriage ranks ahead of the economy and job creation as a campaign issue."Gay marriage is ahead of the economy and job creation? Just shows you how out of the touch the religious right really is with regular Americans.
Perkins added that if Cheney sees a problem with activist judges, "then how can he not endorse the same solution the president and his pro-family allies have proposed? We urge Vice President Cheney to support President Bush and a constitutional amendment on marriage."
Also, Cheney's comments were THE TOP STORY on ABC's World News Tonight. And the spin was perfect. Cheney breaks with Bush over gay marriage. And ABC also noted how odd this was coming only days before the GOP Convention.
Genevieve Wood of the Family Research Council added: "The vice president's remarks today are disappointing. The fact is I think it sends a very mixed message to voters where does the administration stand on this issue."
But perhaps my favorite comments were from the White House that, according to ABC, said the vice president made the president's position clear. Yeah, he did. Cheney said that he believes "freedom means freedom for everyone" and apparently the president doesn't believe that, or at least the president doesn't believe freedom means freedom for gay people.
Bush's position is crystal clear.
