Asked his position on the subject at a town hall meeting here, Cheney replied: “Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it’s an issue that our family is very familiar with… . With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People … ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to.”

“I have a gay daughter, so it’s an issue that our family is very familiar with,” Vice President Cheney said in response to a query about same-sex marriage.
Cheney went on to reiterate the position he first outlined in the 2000 campaign — that same-sex marriage should be left to the states to decide. He noted, however, that Bush has endorsed a constitutional amendment preventing the states from recognizing such marriages.

“At this point … my own preference is as I’ve stated,” Cheney said. “But the president makes basic policy for the administration. And he’s made it.”