The year before, Mary married longtime partner Heather Poe with their two children, Samuel, then 5, and 2-year-old Sarah, in attendance. Mary responded via a Facebook post at the time: "Liz - this isn't just an issue on which we disagree, you're just wrong - and on the wrong side of history." This is just an issue on which we disagree." She said, "I love Mary very much, I love her family very much. In an appearance on Fox News Sunday back in 2013, Liz said that she opposed same-sex marriage - and mentioned her sister by name. In particular, after she launched an unsuccessful Senate bid in Wyoming, she faced criticism that she was "aggressively promot gay marriage." In time, however, it became clear Liz took a different stance. I do believe that historically the way marriage has been regulated is at the state level." He echoed that in a 2009 speech to the National Press Club: "The question of whether or not there ought to be a federal statue that governs this, I don't support. "Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it's an issue our family is very familiar with," Vice President Cheney said at a 2004 rally in Iowa, adding, "With the respect to the question of relationships, my general view is freedom means freedom for everyone." Bush campaigned heavily against gay marriage, the Cheneys made clear their views were different but personal. While their father was vice president and President George W. Growing up, however, she and Mary "were as close as sisters can be," Mary recalled in her 2006 memoir, Now It's My Turn. The Cheney family's disagreements about gay marriage trace back several years to when Liz renounced the issue after becoming a politician. Want to get the biggest stories from PEOPLE every weekday? Subscribe to our new podcast, PEOPLE Every Day, to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday. Liz Cheney Says She's 'Honored' to Be Named to Jan.
And as her sister - I have one more thing that I just have to say: I told you so." We could certainly use a lot more leaders like Liz Cheney right now. I have nothing but respect and admiration for the strength of character she continues to show on a daily basis. "That is something few politicians would ever do. It took a ton of courage to admit that she was wrong back in 2013 when she opposed marriage equality," wrote Mary.
"I love my sister very much and am so proud of her. Mary, 52, reacted to Liz's comments in a Facebook post Sunday, saying she is "proud" of her sister. "We were at an event a few nights ago and there was a young woman who said she doesn't feel safe sometimes because she's transgender, and nobody should feel unsafe. "This is an issue that we have to recognize, you know, as human beings, that we need to work against discrimination of all kinds in our country, in our state," Liz added. "I was not expecting that," said Stahl, 79.
I believe that my dad was right, and my sister and I have had that conversation." "It's a very personal issue, and very personal for my family.
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