Sunday, May 6, 2012

Biden marriage

  • This post has been updated. Vice President Biden on Sunday appeared to go further than he has in the past in expressing support for same-sex marriage. "Look. I am vice president of the United States of America," Biden said.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Vice President Joe Biden said he doesnt know if a second Obama administration would support same-sex marriage, but he said hes absolutely comfortable with it.
  • (Politico.com)
  • Vice President Joe Biden expressed a candid openness to gay marriage today, but stopped short of saying whether President Obama would seek to legalize it as an institution in a second term.
  • (ABC News)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Vice President Joe Biden became the highest-ranking official in the Obama administration to signal support for same-sex marriage on Sunday during an interview with Meet The Press.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Vice President Joseph R. Biden said on Sunday that he was "comfortable" with same-sex marriages, a position that appeared to go beyond the "evolving" views that President Obama has said he holds on the issue.
  • (New York Times Blogs)
  • WASHINGTON -- Excitement quickly turned to frustration amongst gay rights activists on Sunday after the Obama team walked back Vice President Bidens remarks on NBCs Meet the Press that seemed to signal his endorsement of marriage equality.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Vice Pesident Joe Biden made history on NBCs Meet the Press this morning, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. official to openly endorse equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian citizens.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Appearing this morning on NBC's "Meet The Press", Vice President Joe Biden—while taking care in how he chose his words—took a big step forward in endorsing the concept of same-sex marriage.
  • (Supports Gay Marriage - Forbes)
  • Joe Biden seemed to shift in the Obama administrations position on gay marriage this morning on NBCs Meet the Press.
  • (The Business Insider)
  • (CNN) -- As a ballot initiative to ban same sex-marriage comes to a vote in North Carolina this week, Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday he was absolutely comfortable with the idea of same-gender marriage.
  • (WMUR.com)

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