Cheney part of the Legislative Branch/same sex marriage

Can someone tell me what branch of government Dick Cheney is a part of? I thought it was the Executive branch but he now informs us it is really the Legislative branch. Earlier in this administration he claimed Executive privilege to get around government oversight. Now to get around oversight from the Executive branch he claims he is a part of the legislative branch citing that he is President of the US Senate. He has voted 7 times as President of the Senate, boy those responsibilities must really eat up his time. I hope he makes up his mind before he claims an office in the Supreme Court.



Marriage should be preserved for just heterosexuals?

Marriage is said to be defined as being between one man and one woman for thousands of years. Well, tradition isn't a defense of keeping the status quo. For thousands of years governments were defined as monarchies or tribal chieftains. Until the early 20th century a democracy was men and not women being able to vote. In this country for several hundred years marriage was regarded by state law, depending on the state, or by custom as between those of the same race. Should we go back to banning interracial marriages? Tradition, or only a limited view of that tradition only serves to reduce rights/freedoms of a group is not good thing to keep.

Of course a large percentage of same sex marriages in Massachusetts happened in the first six months of it being legalized. There was a backlog, including people who waited decades to marry the ones they loved. Second even if same sex marriage rates are low and "few" gays want to marry that is not reason to stop those who want to marry from doing so. If so few gays want to marry, how is this a threat to a heterosexual marriage?
Norm, marry one’s cousin, same right to marry another sex