Cheyenne, WY – Liz Cheney is receiving some heat from a new TV ad that focuses on her wishy-washy marriage equality views. Though Cheney has recently said she is “not pro-gay marriage,” the group responsible for the ad, the American Principles Fund, told the Los Angeles Times that their ad attacking Cheney will run for two weeks in Wyoming.
Cheney is a Wyoming U.S. Senate candidate and the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. The Cheneys came to terms with marriage equality (and eventually embracing it) after sister Mary Cheney came out as a lesbian. Mary is now married to a woman, and both parents advocated publicly for marriage equality. But Liz Cheney’s views weren’t always crystal clear. While on MSNBC in 2009, Cheney said, “Freedom means freedom for everyone.” She went on to say that she opposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, stating that she supported equal benefits for same sex couples, calling anything less discrimination. Now Liz Cheney is in the hot seat with Wyoming, as many voters are unsure of what exactly her stance is. The new ad ends with a harsh narration: “Liz Cheney. Wrong for Wyoming.”