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22 October 2004 VIEWS The Tulane Hullabaloo • 11 Gaygate: The Mary Cheney controversy Kerry's below-the-belt remark proves offen- Be ashamed ofyour politics, not your daughter: Cheney should sive to respectful mature politics not be afraid of daughter's sexuality Paul that came out of his mouth. There was no vice president's openness on the topic cussed extensively in the media during need for him to use her to make his point. Chn"s iUatt/Jews of his daughter and apparent sup- the 2000 election. Mary Cheney has How does this man know what Mary Cheney Oates port of her lifestyle. made reference to it made a career out of her sexual orien- was thinking? It's hard to believe he does, during the vice-presidential debate, por- tation, and therefore it can easily be From Sepe. 30 to Oct. 13, the American seeing that they probably don't sit down and The third and final presidential traying the Cheneys as loving parents argued that she willingly gives up a people watched three presidential and one have coffee together. debate ruffled a few feathers in who want the best for all of their chil- certain degree of privacy. It is com- vice-presidential debate. For roughly two E\en worse is that his very next state- Washington, and this time it wasn't the dren. Cheney thanked Edwards, driving pletely astounding that such a huge fra- weeks. both parties declared rheir candidate ments were about people he does know per- ramblings of a 527 group sening people home the point that the topic of his cas has erupted from such a benign had won the debares. sonally. who say it is not a choice. But why off. These ruffled feathers belong to daughter's was not comment. Kerry's intention was far I don·r want to talk about who won the didn · t he bring those people up by name? Vice President and his off Limits. from hostile; its intentions were to debates, becau e in the grand scheme of Maybe it" s because he isn't running against wife, and their agitation is directed So. there we have it. During a close come across to many Americans as thing . winning the debate doesn't necessari- openly homosexual Massachusetts con- towards Sen. . vice-presidential debate it is OK to refer intending to serve as a reminder that ly mean \\inning the election. The latest polls gressman Barney Franks. Maybe it's What could upset the vice president to Cheney's lesbian daughter, but when homosexuality touches the lives of hoy. Sen. Kerry won all three debates. but he because he isn't running against Governor and his missus so much, you mighr ask. early polls start to show the incumbent many families from all social, ethnic has not been able to pull away from the pres- James E. McGreevey of New Jersey. It was Well, the answer is simple. Kerry losing his third and final debate, a and political backgrounds. ident. I want to talk about statements that a below-the-belt move to bring up Mary brought up their lesbian daughter in his smoke screen has to be thrown up to Shame is certainly one campaign were made during the debate, which I think. Cheney. response to the question. "Do you disguise this embarrassing fact. Before ideal the Bush administration is going have given rhi election over to the president. I believe that becau e Kerry declared that believe homosexuality is a choice?" putting too much into what the Cheneys out of its way to promote. Bush's cam- Pre idenr Bush had a Jot of zingers that people are born gay. he will lose a significant "We're all God's children," Kerry are saying, consider the fact that Kerry paign has been so blatantly homophobic night. ·'A plan i<. not a litan) of complaints:· amount of votes among moderate Catholics said, ''And I think if you were to talk to said nothing derogatory about Mary that for the first time in history, the Log he said. That urns up the entire and Prote tants. Many religious Democrats Dick Cheney's daughter, who is a les- Cheney. That is unless you are ignorant Cabin Republicans refused to endorse a Kerry/Edwards campaign. in addition to con- are socially conservative. Though the polls bian, she would tell you that she· s being enough to believe that being a lesbian is Republican candidate, citing the admin- stant mention of the fact that Kerry served don't show my suggestion, the ballots will who she was. She· s being who she was something to be ashamed of. istration's use of gay and lesbian fami- three month in Vietnam. how it 1 'ov. 2. It is unfortunate for Kerry that born as. I think if you talk to anybody, Any rational and halfway intelligent lies to drive a wedge between Kerr) meanwhile spoke nonsensically his campaign manager declared Mary Cheney it's not a choice." adult, be they Republican or Democrat, Americans. about faith. The _enator expre., ed hi fair game. Whether or not this statement was in rich or poor. gay or straight, can see that My advice to both candidates would Catholic faith. and yet oppose the po ition Some of you will make the argument that some way offensive or inappropriate this whole situation reeks of partisan be to stay focused on the issues at hand the Catholic Church has on abortion. ·'Faith ｾ ｡ ｲ ｹ Cheney is fair game becau e her father has become a rather hotly debated topic. politics. This is clearly an anempt to and continue to promote their agendas. without works is dead:· he then aid. quoting broughr it up during the 2000 election and the Consider first that the vice president continue the smear campaign that Mary The senseless mud slinging has grown from cripture. In other words. having faith 2004 election. He only brought up the issue of himself. when addressing a gathering of Cheney herself participates in daily on tiring; the vast majority of voters are and not lhing by tho_e principles i null and his daughter because the left confronted him supporters in Davenport, Iowa, set the behalf of Dick Cheney and the GOP. sickened by it. What we see is an void. with it. calling him a hypocrite in the last precedent by making reference to his Mary Cheney got her 30 pieces of silver increasingly more transparent distrac- The bigge t point of rhe nighr wa the election. He brought up the issue to make his daughter's sexuality. "Lynne and I have for selling out the gay community, but tion. It truly is beneath the standard of statement heard around the world. The mod- position clear. and so the media would not a gay daughter. so it's an issue that our now. in her highly public position as a democracy that the United States of erator a. ked Bu h if he thought ｨ ｯ ｭ ｯ ｾ ･ ｸ ｵ ｡ ｬ ｩ harp on his daughter. Cheney only acknowl- family is very familiar with." Cheney political advisor for the incumbent vice America should project to the world. ty wa a choice. The president said he didn"t edges that his daughter is a lesbian when said in a statement critical of the Bush president. it is entirely unreasonable to know but he believes marriage is between a brought up by others. administration· s position on a constitu- expect to escape notice. Chris Oates is the assistant online man and a woman. ·'But a we respect some- So now the question is why is it wrong for tional amendment banning gay mar- Neither Kerry nor Edwards "outed" editor for the "Hullabaloo." He is a one·., righr ·. and a we profe tolerance. we Kerry to talk about Cheney's daughter? It is a riage. or attacked Mary Cheney. In fact. freshman in Tulane College and can be houldn"t change - or have to change - our simple answer to a simple question. It is his Sen. . observing the Cheney's sexual orientation was dis- reached at [email protected]. ba ic 'iews on the anctit) of marriage... DAUGHTER. ca e closed. Kerry bringing up Kerry' an wer was quite different. Cheney· daughter during the debate is the . . . Hoeve11i l(E ··we· re all God. s children ... and I think if you equivalent of Bush talking about Kerry's wife were to talk to Dick Cheney's daughter, who if he was asked a question about outc;ourcing Vo,.E5 ｲ ｯ ｾ ｓ ･ ｾ ･ 1.c a lesbian. he would tell you that she· s jobs. being v.ho he \\as. he's being who she wa D ｾ born a. :· he aid. Paul Jfatthews is a Tulane College junior He u. ed the daughter of the vice pre ident majonng in political science. He can be con- to get ｨ ｩ ｾ point aero_::. in lhe econd sentence tacted at [email protected]. Missing the Johns dosage with Heidi· Fleiss' like him. '· Ste1·e coke habit is probably not a But perhaps the worst case Be1·kman good idea. ti of ce1ebrities1aying together The celebrity trend this was last spring. on the "Day Saying goodbye to great- year has not been generous of the Johns." We Jost the ness is never easy. Especially acts of charity (though Oprah Man in Black and the dad when it was oddly predicted did buy an entire audience from the "Problem Child" in a mid-90s classic from a cars. and those glorified rub- movies in the same day. Yes. Canadian rock band. Yes. ber bands known as LIVE- Mr. Cash and Mr. Ritter. we Our Lady Peace. it is indeed STRONG bracelets are sell- miss you both terribly. Why your time to step up as ing like hotcakes). The unfor- couldn't it have been a John No tradamus. Superman is tunate phenomenon for that nobody liked? Like dead. Christopher Reeve is celebs this year is dying in Travolta? Where was his now up in that "fortress of the same time frame as plane crash? "Greased solitude" m the sky. hopeful- another celebrity. Granted. Lightning," my ass. All I can ly back on his own two feet. this is till better than the say is, thank God it wasn't Sure he wa!> the butt of an celebrity fad of the late '80s Turturro; that guy's too cool Religion is a guide incredibly funny episode of where every actor also for school. South Park. but the real les- thought he could sing ... The hardest part about light on the religions of the world. The here? Why should we waste our time son there was that stem-cell Bruce Willis or Don Johnson those two deaths was that Kat Catholic molestation scandals, jihad being kind to other people? What mat- research is okay in Trey albums anyone? neither of them was drug. Stromquist and the recurrence ofisraeli-Palestinian ters? Am I, a single human being, Parker's and Matt Stone's Over the summer we bid gang or ham sandwich-relat- terrorism all point to religion as a rot- important? Perhaps these queries are eyes. farewell to super-freak Rick ed. It just makes us feel terri- My friend recently informed me that ting institution, decayed beyond repair especially significant in a world where Other notable deaths these James only weeks after giv- bly mortal when people in the religion "is only useful for people who and unworthy of even the most perfunc- it seems like everything has gone past few weeks include that ing Marlon Brando his final limelight pass because of feel like they need a magical babysitter tory deference. wrong. Our governments are corrupt of Rodney Dangerfield and curtain call. What a month to something other than skiing to make them behave." I thought that Or is it? and out to get us, AIDS is becoming the former National League be a Dave Chapelle fan. First, into a tree. Trees are okay, was sort of a depressing analysis. I Throughout history, religion has next bubonic plague and four billion MVP Ken Caminiti. \\'bile the basis for arguably the because they're hilarious. Or don't like picturing one of the world's been responsible for some of mankind· s people worldwide exist on less than $2 Dangerfield made us laugh funmest sketch in his show's maybe I'm just a terrible per- most revered institutions as a giant most dreadful atrocities, and also some a day. Where are the answers? I know I all the way to the end (hey. history passes away from a son. sham to keep humanity's collective of its greatest achievements. The terror want answers. maybe now he's finally get- crack binge (I'm Rick James, hand out of the cookie Jar. and carnage of the Spanish Inquisition I can't convince you to become reli- ting some respect). Caminiti - and dead- bitch!). Then, Steve Berkman is a Nevertheless, this is a sentiment I'm can be juxtaposed with the lovely, lotus- gious. I'm not religious and never have died leaving a record marred Ray Charles dies. Sure, at Freeman School of Business encountering more and more frequently shaped Ba'Hai temple in India. been. Still, I think religion has gotten by scandal. Most notably. he first glance Ray Charles has junior who deep down among my peers. Religion is character- Religious warfare between Hindus and something of a bad rap, and I ask you to admitted to drug usage dur- nothing to do with Chapelle. believes he's not a terrible ized as a crutch. a tool of the ignorant Muslims in India can be countered with reconsider any damning criticism you ing his MVP season. And as but do enough PCP and the person. Prove him wrong or sheep-like masses. Pertinent events of the influential life of Siddhartha may have turned out upon it. I no longer we all know, m1xmg "blind white supremacist.. send other celebrity obituaries the last decade have included many Gautama, the Buddha. All of these believe religion and faith are for the Sylvester Stalone' s steroid character starts to look just to [email protected]. tragedies that cast a harsh. unfavorable things. both positive and negative, are weak or stupid, and I think those who designed around a central have it are very fortunate. purpose: the tangible realiza- Religion is a kind of mental refuge, a tions of common goals of place to go when things cannot get "The 'Hullabaloo' is thinking about humanity. We want to stand worse. It doesn't matter whether you are for what we believe in, and a lifelong dedicated spiritual, or some- Campus Question: getting rid of Campus Question. ultimately, we want to one who goes to church or synagogue achieve immortality. because of ingrained habit. Religion is What do you think?" Since the Industrial an answer, a way of interpreting the Revolution and the advent of most valid of all questions. "Magical "Damn! That is the only part "I think it's o bad idea 'What type of question is modernity, sociologists and babysitter" or not, it gives you a reason that I ever read! Well.- actu· because it is always fun for that?" philosophers alike have pro- to do the things you do, a chance to ally I can't read, but I like ... a quick look at the claimed our species to be in make sense of all the random, awful looking at the pictures." 'Hullabaloo.'" crisis. Long-accepted truths chaos in the world. and morals were abandoned Ultimately, I don't think it matters in favor of efficiency and whether there actually is a God or other Bradford Kaufman HmbSmwtr111a Jeremy Brent/at convenience. Methods of higher being. Faith, in and of itself, is J1Jphomorr sophomort freslmum organizing society, like mar- the point. It is a helping hand, an Tuktnr OJl/rgr Tufanr OJl!tgr Tulane OJ/lrge riage and the family, were embrace. I think the nihilists of our gen- defiled and deteriorated. eration might want to consider this. Present-day society reflects Sneering at those who worship is sim- this crisis: There are no great ply emphasizing your own foolishness. metaphysicians of our era, no Whereas you have turned your back on "It wnl take away from 11y "Wait, so does that mean "I think it's alright to have contemporary Kants and the search for meaning, they have inves- weekly reading." you're getting fired?" it. It's a good way for the Kirkegaards. Most people are tigated it. And although there are other Tulane students to express· not interested in life's deeper paths to personal enlightenment, reli- their opinions." implications, most of us are gion is a guide along the journey. just trying to get by. So why condemn reli- Kat Stromquist is a Newcomb Laura Black Stepbanit Caplin Tom Han gion? Certainly it provides an College junior majoring in political sci- freshman sophomore sophomore answer to those questions ence and international relations. She Nrwcomb OJl/rgt Nwcomb OJ/lrge Tulane OJ/kge that few people really like to can be reached for comment at think about. Why are we [email protected]. CAMPUS QUESTION BY LISA FRANKEi)ASST. PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

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