The 5 Looniest Comments From Right-Wing Wackos This Week

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“If you have a bank robber in the family,” he continued, “that doesn’t mean you automatically have to support that as a lifestyle choice. If you have a drug dealer in the family, you don’t have to automatically support that as a profession....It’s an absurd argument, though it has a strong emotional appeal. That may have affected Dick Cheney’s view of same-sex marriage, and it may well have affected Liz Cheney’s view of same-sex marriage.”

While we agree that the Cheneys would have been unlikely supporters of marriage equality unless it hit them where they live, we also find ourselves in curious agreement with the logic that whether or not you have a gay person in your family or are one yourself, should not affect whether you support equal rights for all. And that goes double for bank robbers and drug dealers.