Liz Cheney, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Wyoming, reacted Friday
to charges by her opponent that she "aggressively promotes" gay
marriage, ABC News reports:
Cheney is running for the U.S. Senate in
Wyoming, challenging fellow Republican Sen. Mike Enzi. In a statement
today she accused the Enzi campaign of conducting a “push poll” in the
state, which asks “Are you aware that Liz Cheney supports abortion and
aggressively promotes gay marriage?”
The Enzi campaign categorically denied it conducted the poll.
“I am strongly pro-life and I am not
pro-gay marriage,” Cheney said in a statement, adding that she believes
“the issue of marriage must be decided by the states, and by the people
in the states, not by judges and not even by legislators, but by the
people themselves.”
“The people of Wyoming deserve an honest
campaign. They should not be subject to the kind of dirty tricks this
push poll represents. I call on Senator Enzi to denounce this poll and
to tell the National Republican Senatorial Committee, or anyone else
promoting untruths on his behalf, to stop,” Cheney said.
Cheney's statement breaks with other members of her family. Her
sister Mary, who is gay, and her mother and father Dick and Lynne
Cheney, support marriage equality.
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