Cheney has only self to blame for spotlight on daughter

As Ilana Sichel’s recent column (Column, “In and Out,” Oct. 22) elaborated, I understand why Vice President and Mrs. Cheney are upset and did not want a complimentary mention of their gay daughter given in front of a national audience. No one in today’s society wants the issue of homosexuality to focus on their family, but the fact is—it does.

The pain the Cheney’s are feeling is the same pain that millions of families with gay and lesbian members have had put upon them by the homophobic elements within today’s political right. The difference is that Dick Cheney, a man of power, stood and watched while his supporters created the monster that now glares down upon him. Any reader of fairy tales knows how this story ends.

MARY MARSCHALL

Burnsville , Minnesota

October 23