Washington: Mary Cheney, US Vice President Dick Cheney's gay daughter, is pregnant with her first child, according to a media report.
Mary, 37, and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, 45, are "ecstatic" about the baby, due in late spring, a source close to the couple told the Washington Post.
"The Vice-President and Mrs Cheney are looking forward with eager anticipation to the arrival of their sixth grandchild," spokesperson Lea Anne McBride was quoted by the paper as saying.
The Cheneys' older daughter, Elizabeth, went on leave as deputy assistant secretary of state before having her fifth child in July.
The circumstances of the pregnancy will remain private, said the source close to the couple.
Mary Cheney was a key aide to her father during the 2004 re-election campaign and now is vice president for consumer advocacy at AOL.
News of the pregnancy will undoubtedly reignite the debate about gay marriage, the report said. During the campaign, Mary Cheney was criticised by gay activists for not being more publicly supportive of same-sex marriage.
Her father said people "ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to" but he honoured the President's policy supporting a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages, it said.
Cheney describes her relationship with Poe -- whom she took to at last year's White House dinner honouring Prince Charles and Camilla -- as a marriage, the Post noted.
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