Mary Cheney: It's a Boy!

Vice President Dick Cheney revealed in an on-air interview that his sixth grandchild, the first child of his lesbian daughter Mary Cheney and her partner Heather Poe, is a boy. The baby is due next month.

"I'm delighted I'm about to be a grandparent for the sixth time. I'm looking forward to the arrival of a new grandson," Dick Cheney said to ABC News Radio.

Cheney was asked what he thinks about the same-sex family's legal standing, to which he said, "I think each state ought to have the capacity to decide how they want to handle those issues...And I obviously think it's important for us as a society to be tolerant and respectful of whatever arrangements people enter into."

Mary Cheney spoke about the child in February at Barnard College, "When Heather and I decided to have a baby, I knew it wasn't going to be the most popular decision. [points to womb] This is a baby. This is a blessing from God. It is not a political statement. It is not a prop to be used in a debate, on either side of a political issue. It is my child."

About same-sex parenting, she said: "Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years has shown there is no difference between children raised by same-sex parents and children raised by opposite-sex parents; what matters is being raised in a stable, loving environment."