Mary Cheney knew her child with lesbian lover Heather Poe would cause a stink. Anticipating the conservatives outrage, Vice-President Dick Cheney's daughter released a preemptive statement:

When Heather and I decided to have a baby, I knew it wasn’t going to be the most popular decision. This is a baby. This is a blessing from God. It is not a political statement. It is not a prop to be used in a debate, on either side of a political issue. It is my child.

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Blesses news from the White House: Vice President Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter, Mary Cheney has given birth to a son, Samuel David Cheney. The 8 lb, 6 ounce boy came bursting into the world this morning at 9:46. Miraculously, the lesbian's love child does not have horns or a pointy tail.

Ms. Cheney and her girlfriend, Heather Poe, are no doubt relieved that their controversial child has come out safe and sound. Congratulations to the Cheney family - except for you, Dick. You blow.

In celebration of young Mr. Cheney's birth, Family Pride will be hosting a virtual "baby shower" on which readers can chat about the little bundle of joy.

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Vice President Dick Cheney told ABC that his lesbian daughter, Mary, and her lesbian lover, Heather Poe, will be having a baby boy, who will not be a lesbian. Bursting with - um - emotion, Cheney told reporters:

I'm delighted I'm about to be a grandparent for the sixth time. I'm looking forward to the arrival of a new grandson.

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That's right folks! The company once headed by VP Dick Cheney has rewritten three policies to protect the 'mos from harassment and discrimination!!

Before we get the party started, we'll let super sappho-journo Kerry Eleveld of The New York Blade dispense the earth-shatteringly straight-forward details:

In a little noticed move last month, Halliburton amended three of its corporate governance policies to protect gays and lesbians from being discriminated against, harassed, or fired simply on the basis of their sexual orientation.

The move came in response to a shareholder resolution filed by the Boston-based investment firm Trillium Asset Management Corporation on behalf of its clients who own Halliburton stock.

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Here's some video of Dr. Kyle Pruett insisting that homophobe schmuck bag and Focus on the Family leader James Dobson misused his research for his erroneous Time Magazine article in which admonished Mary Cheney for having a baby with her lesbian love, Heather Poe.

Dobson wrote:

With all due respect to Cheney and her partner, Heather Poe, the majority of more than 30 years of social-science evidence indicates that children do best on every measure of well-being when raised by their married mother and father. That is not to say Cheney and Poe will not love their child. But love alone is not enough to guarantee healthy growth and development. The two most loving women in the world cannot provide a daddy for a little boy--any more than the two most loving men can be complete role models for a little girl... The unique value of fathers has been explained by Dr. Kyle Pruett of Yale Medical School in his book Fatherneed: Why Father Care Is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child. Pruett says dads are critically important simply because "fathers do not mother."

So, what's the mean? Well, Dobson's a liar, but other than that, probably not that much. Still, it's always entertaining watching a bigot liar get what he deserves...

Related: James Dobson Doesn't Want To Offend

Daddy Dickie may not want to talk about Mary Cheney's controversial pregnancy, but that doesn't mean she doesn't have something to say on the matter.

Speaking on a panel for Glamour Magazine (yeah, we were kind of surprised, too), 37-year Mary broke it all down:

When Heather [Poe, her girlfriend] and I decided to have a baby, I knew it wasn’t going to be the most popular decision. This is a baby. This is a blessing from God. It is not a political statement. It is not a prop to be used in a debate, on either side of a political issue. It is my child.

As for James Dobson's equally contentious article in Time Magazine in which Dobson blasted Cheney's dykey decision, insisting that children are better off with a man and a woman, Mary says she's never really cared what he thinks, adding,

Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years has shown there is no difference between children raised by same-sex parents and children raised by opposite-sex parents; what matters is being raised in a stable, loving environment.

Mary Cheney may only be a few months into her lesbian pregnancy, but it's never too soon to start shopping for baby gifts. Offering a helping hand to Grandpa Dick Cheney, the kids over at Radar have compiled a list of some possible presents for the little bundle of controversial joy.

Among their suggestions, you'll find the adorable 15" pride bear, the wholly-appropriate children's book Heather Has Two Mommies and - our personal favorite - the "Warriors of the Rainbow" costume. This girl looks almost as pleased as Dick Cheney did last week on The Situation Room. Hopefully Mary's baby won't inherit his signature snarl.

Get excited, it's a meeting of the minds when Vice-President Dick Cheney appears on today's rousing edition of CNN's The Situation Room with the one, the oddly sexy, Wolf Blitzer!

In addition to discussing yesterday's snooze-worthy (right, John McCain) State of the Union, Blitzer apparently tries to get all girl talk on Cheney and asked about his pregnant lesbian daughter, Mary. Here's some of the transcript, courtesy The Drudge Report:

WB: Your daughter Mary, she's pregnant. All of us are happy. She's going to have a baby. You're going to have another grandchild. Some of the - some critics, though, are suggesting, for example, a statement from someone representing Focus on the Family:

Mary Cheney's pregnancy raises the question of what's best for children. Just because it's possible to conceive a child outside of the relationship of a married mother and father, doesn't mean it's best for the child.

Do you want to respond to that?

DC: No, I don't.

WB: She's obviously a good daughter -

DC: I'm delighted - I'm delighted I'm about to have a sixth grandchild, Wolf, and obviously think the world of both of my daughters and all of my grandchildren. And I think, frankly, you're out of line with that question.

WB: I think all of us appreciate -

DC: I think you're out of -I think you're out of line with that question.

Because everything Mary Cheney lesbian love child-related deserves as much attention as possible, we'd like to inform you that Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice-President Dick Cheney, loves the idea of her aforementioned lesbian daughter birthing and subsequently raising a child with her lesbian lover, Heather Poe. She mused maternal in an interview with Fox News airing Sunday:

Well, I think that it's just very lucky for me that I enjoy being a grandmother and I get to do it for the sixth time...Dick and I both very much looking forward to this new baby.

After secret service extinguished Mrs. Cheney, the reporter asked her what she had to say about her beloved husband being called to testify against Libby Scooter in the Valerie Plame leak-case. Mrs. Cheney scratched her charred, hairless head and said, "It seems bizarre to me." Not as bizarre as the fact she had just survived a Yiddish-fueled combustion, but still pretty fucking perplexing.

This is big. This is really big. It's so big that The New York Times is reporting on it. Huge!

President Bush's government may be teetering dangerously close to the edge, but Georgie's still got time for a little heart-to-heart with People Magazine.

It seems the tabbie got the scoop on Bush's reaction to Mary Cheney's lesbian baby mama drama. Here's the dramatic response:

I think Mary is going to be a loving soul to her child... And I’m happy for her.

As for whether the bouncing bundle will fit into mainstream society, consider this Q&A with White House press secretary Tony Snow:

Q: Does he believe that children who are raised by gay and lesbian parents are at a disadvantage?

Mr. Snow: He does not make comments on that, and nor will I.