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Reactions to the News that Dick Cheney's Daughter is Gay.

In light of the news that Republican V-P candidate Dick Cheney’s daughter is a lesbian, we speak to two people close to the issue. First, Reverend Louis Sheldon, Chairman and Founder of the Coalition for Traditional Values ( HYPERLINK "http://www.traditionalvalues.org" www.traditionalvalues.org). The Coalition for Traditional Values is the largest non-denominational grassroots church lobby in America, founded in 1980. Then, Terry talks with Winnie Stachelberg (“STACK-el-berg”), Political Director of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest national lesbian and gay political organization in the United States( HYPERLINK "http://www.hrc.org" www.hrc.org). Founded in 1980, it is a bi-partisan lobbying group.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 3, 2000: Interview with Christopher Walken; Interview with Louis Sheldon and Winnie Stachelberg; Commentary on the coverage of the Republican National Converntion.
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Christopher Walken Discusses "The Opportunists."

Actor Christopher Walken. He got his start in the business as a tap-dancing kid and went on to play some of the most menacingly evil characters around. His films include “At Close Range,” “The Comfort of Strangers,” “King of New York,” “The Dead Zone,” and “Annie Hall” (in which he played Annie’s creepy brother who had an impulse to drive his car into oncoming traffic.) His new film is “The Opportunists.”

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