Presumably, everyone who reads Heathen is just as puzzled as we are about the right-wing response to Kerry mentioning that Mary Cheney is gay. I mean, the woman’s been out for years, and did outreach work into the gay/lesbian community for Coors. Being gay is part of her resume. She’s also got a high-profile job with BC’04, so it’s not like she’s not political.

It occurs to us that perhaps they only reason they’re (pretending to be) pissed off about this is because the GOP thinks being gay is something to be ashamed of.

As always, Josh Marshall has more, and there’s a fairly even-handed treatment from the wires over at Salon.