Mary Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, and a lesbian mom, gave a $1000 donation to the Senate campaign of former Rep. Rob Portman (R-OH) in May. The interesting part? Portman voted against same-sex marriage and allowing gay couples to adopt children in the District of Columbia.

Raw Story has the full story, including a link to a copy of Portman’s FEC filing listing Cheney’s donation.

What do you all think of this? On the one hand, not all of us are single-issue voters, and LGBT rights might not, in fact, be our first consideration when evaluating a candidate. Fair enough. Also, I know opinion on the importance of marriage equality is split even within the LGBT community. On the other hand, I don’t think I could donate to a candidate who voted against adoption rights for same-sex parents, unless he had done so for some procedural reason and I knew he was really in favor of them (which doesn’t seem to be the case here). I therefore can’t excuse Mary Cheney for her donation, especially when the rights impacted families in her own backyard. (Cheney and her partner Heather Poe live in Virginia.)

Your thoughts?