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It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

- Mary Cheney
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Mary Cheney
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It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car.

In the 1980s, there weren't a lot of role models for gay teenagers.

I always knew that there was something that made me different, and by the time I was in high school, I understood what it was.

I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time.

I came very close to quitting my job for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I seriously considered packing up my office and heading home to Colorado.

In the 1980s, there weren't a lot of role models for gay teenagers.

Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

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It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.