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.

- Mary Cheney

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

- Mary Cheney

I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter.

- Mary Cheney

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

- Mary Cheney

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.

- Mary Cheney

I didnt know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

- Mary Cheney

There are millions of gay people in the United States, including well-known celebrities.

- Mary Cheney

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

- Mary Cheney

Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is no difference between children …

- Mary Cheney