Vice President Dick Cheney distanced himself from President Bush’s support for a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage in a remark yesterday to a campaign rally in Davenport, Iowa. Cheney cited his lesbian daughter Mary in explaining that his view of marriage is that “freedom means freedom for everyone.” Meanwhile, Republican leaders are pushing for inclusion of the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in the GOP platform. The last Republican platform included a more general statement supporting the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman. State delegates are reviewing a draft platform today and tomorrow in preparation for next week’s convention.