[1] She married her wife, Heather Poe, in 2012, and was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case in 2013.

[3] In 1993, she became one of the first employees of the Colorado Rockies baseball team, working in promotions when the team began playing in Denver; thereafter, she was a public relations manager for the Coors Brewing Company, and worked as a gay outreach coordinator, helping to end a national Coors strike and boycott by the gay community.

"The vice president and Mrs. Cheney are looking forward with eager anticipation to the arrival of their sixth grandchild," spokesperson Lea Anne McBride said on December 5.

On January 31, 2007, in a forum by Glamour Magazine at Barnard College of Columbia University, Mary Cheney stated that: "This is a baby...

[11] Cynthia Leive, editor in chief of Glamour, asked Cheney if she had anything to say to critics like James Dobson, who has denounced same-sex marriage and LGBT people raising children.

[9] In 2013, Mary Cheney's older sister Liz, who was running for a Senate seat in Wyoming, stated during an interview on Fox News Sunday that she did not support same-sex marriage.

[13] In response, Mary Cheney denounced her sister's remarks, writing in a Facebook post, "Either you think all families should be treated equally or you don't.

"[14] Mary subsequently said she would not support her sister's candidacy[15] and would boycott visiting the rest of the Cheney family for Christmas that year.

[16] In 2013, her wife Heather Poe wrote a Facebook post stating, "Liz has been a guest in our home, has spent time and shared holidays with our children, and when Mary and I got married in 2012 – she didn't hesitate to tell us how happy she was for us.

[4] Nevertheless, Cheney's sexual orientation was publicly known,[4] and some considered her presence during the campaign as bolstering, providing the Republican ticket with a "compassionate conservative" image.

Lynne Cheney responded by stating that "Mary has never declared such a thing",[21] and criticized Roberts and the media for their interest in the story.

During the Cheney-Edwards vice-presidential debate, moderator Gwen Ifill directed a question to the Vice President in which his daughter was indirectly mentioned:[24] I want to read something you said four years ago at this very setting: 'Freedom means freedom for everybody.'

The network is illustrated in this reference:[1] According to tax forms filed with the Internal Revenue Service, Cheney is a member of the BKM Strategies consulting firm.

[27] In 2014, Cheney's consulting firm BKM Strategies was apparently responsible for a writing campaign in support of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

Of the nearly 125,000 comments filed with the U.S. State Department, at least 98,000 contained similar pro-pipeline language and came from individuals listing BKM Strategies as the originating organization, according to the nonprofit Sunlight Foundation.

[27] Mary Cheney left the public spotlight after the 2004 election until May 4, 2006, when she was interviewed by Diane Sawyer for ABC News' Primetime program to promote her autobiography, Now It's My Turn.

[28] In the book, published in 2006, Cheney discusses how she came out to her parents, recounting her father's initial reaction: "You know, look, you're my daughter and I love you and I just want you to be happy."