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.

More Quotes by Mary Cheney

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

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

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.

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.

I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay.

John Kerry didn't out me, nor did he offend or attack me by calling me a lesbian. I certainly couldn't be offended by the truth.