He should be more careful. If he manages to piss off the religious right crowd, I doubt they’ll throw any votes his way in ‘08!
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W happy for Mary

WASHINGTON - President Bush put a muzzle on his hard-line anti-gay and lesbian rhetoric yesterday and warmly predicted that Mary Cheney is going to be a great mother.

In an interview with People magazine, Bush dodged a question asking him to explain his feelings regarding Vice President Cheney’s lesbian daughter having a child given his outspoken opposition to gay and lesbian couples raising children.

Bush was asked: “You said in 2005 that ideally ‘a child is raised in a married family with a man and a woman.’ Knowing Mary and her partner, Heather, do you still think that?”

He told People, “I think Mary is going to be a loving soul to her child. And I’m happy for her.”

White House press secretary Tony Snow said Bush has not changed his mind about parenthood, but added, “He believes that Mary Cheney’s child will, in fact, have loving parents.”

Bush said he learned from the veep that Mary Cheney was pregnant.

“The Vice President took me aside and gave me the good news. He and his wife, Lynne, are very happy for Mary,” Bush said.

Source: New York Daily News -Kenneth R. Bazinet