Let’s stand together :)
The vice president was saying what the president has said previously – that committed and loving same-sex couples deserve the same rights and protections enjoyed by all Americans, and that we oppose any effort to rollback those rights. That’s why we stopped defending the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in legal challenges and support legislation to repeal it. Beyond that, the Vice President was expressing that he too is evolving on the issue, after meeting so many committed couples and families in this country.
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A spokesperson for the vice president emailed over further clarification on the “Meet the Press” remarks, stating in part that Biden had not fully endorsed same-sex marriage. Vice President Joe Biden Tells ‘Meet The Press’ He’s ‘Comfortable’ With Marriage Equality Hold your applause folks. We’re dialing back the remarks. (via apsies) Barf. |
I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don’t see much of a distinction beyond that.
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Vice President Joe Biden • Offering unabashed support of gay marriage while speaking on “Meet the Press” this morning. This view is more progressive than President Obama’s own “evolving” view.
Sometimes Biden puts his foot in his mouth. And sometimes he says things that make me absolutely love him. |
