Never mind that Cheney had eight years to do something as logical in a time of two wars as repeal the Defense Department ban on gays in the military.  In trying to cement his “Sister Souljah moment“, Cheney is out-and-about all gung-ho for the gays:

Cheney said:

“I think that freedom means freedom for everyone,” replied the former V.P. “As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish. The question of whether or not there ought to be a federal statute to protect this, I don’t support. I do believe that the historically the way marriage has been regulated is at the state level. It has always been a state issue and I think that is the way it ought to be handled, on a state-by-state basis. … But I don’t have any problem with that. People ought to get a shot at that.”

Gays are perplexed by this surprise voice seemingly supportive in the midst of a national movement.  But with friends like these…  Nobody gay gives two hoots for Mary Cheney; she is, effectively, our version of a Jew for Jesus.