Given that Fox News is the media mouthpiece for those who love Jesus and hate fags, it's not surprising that their coverage of LGBT issues is biased and inaccurate. As such, I was wondering how the Fox talkers would deal with the recent revelation of the rift between Liz Cheney, candidate for US Senate, and her sister Mary Cheney, over same sex marriage. It must be a conundrum for Fox. While it has always been unwavering in its support of former Veep Dick Cheney, who supports same sex marriage, Fox, as a quasi-conservative Christian media outlet, opposes LGBT rights while supporting the homophobic hate group The Family Research Council. Yesterday, in discussing the Cheney family feud on her program, Gretchen Carlson didn't say much; but what she said about how same sex marriage is a "lifestyle choice" (not a right) that makes "things difficult" for the Cheney family spoke volumes.

Some background. On Fox News Sunday, Liz Cheney told Chris Wallace that she opposed same sex marriage and that this issue "is an area where where we [Mary] disagree." On Facebook, Mary responded that this was more than just a disagreement and that Liz is "on the wrong side of history." Mary's wife, Heather Poe posted a Facebook comment, reposted by Mary, about how Liz Cheney takes a public position against same sex marriage after having privately embraced Mary's and Heather's relationship. In another comment Mary accused her sister Liz of viewing Mary and her wife, Heather Poe, as "second class citizens." (The Cheney sisters have not spoken since the summer)

Carlson began the segment with video of the exchange between Chris Wallace and Liz Cheney. Carlson then cited Heather Poe's Facebook comment. (She didn't mention Mary's Facebook comments). She introduced her guests, Julie Roginski and Lars Larson. Larson was disturbed that this disagreement was made public. Despite claiming to have gay friends, he launched into a homophobic rant about how when those nasty gays "demand that government sanction, endorse gay marriage, there are going to be differences." He attacked Mary Cheney for "making this a public fight to damage her sister's political ambitions and to do it in a way that doesn't respect Liz Cheney's personal beliefs..." He continued to rant about how the intolerance of the - wait for it - "gay agenda."

Carlson addressed her comment to Roginski: "Julie, it does put the Cheney's, the sisters and the parents, for that matter, in a difficult situation. They disagree on it even though one sister is living a gay lifestyle, Liz disagrees with it. Should it be out front and center since she's running for office?"

Roginski defended the right of gays to seek equal rights. She noted that Liz attended her sister's gay wedding. Larson ranted about the "gay agenda."

So according to Gretch, it's wrong to defend gay marriage because it puts the family in "a difficult situation" which, in this case, involves a GOP candidacy which seems to be pandering to the anti-gay marriage religious right? Is she saying that married gay relatives of political candidates should stay in the closet? Is Gretch saying that gay couples should just STFU when their relationships are denigrated?  Does Gretch refer to her own legal marriage as a "lifestyle choice?" And shouldn't the real question be whether Liz Cheney is throwing her sister under the bus because of political expediency?  

Don't ya just hate it when the "gay agenda" makes things difficult for God's chosen heterosexual Republicans?