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Joe Biden Supports Gay Marriage For Like, 10 Minutes
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Christopher Robbins
Published May 6, 2012
Modified May 7, 2012
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Christopher Robbins
Published May 6, 2012
Modified May 7, 2012
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Vice President Joe Biden went on Meet the Press this morning to say something reasonable, with a great amount of conviction: "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." Naturally, immediately after Biden said this, flacks for Campaign Obama began walking it back, and the VP's office released a statement saying that Biden wasn't supporting same-sex marriage, and that, "he too is evolving on the issue."
David Axelrod helpfully explains what the grown man and Vice President of the United States was really saying, because David Axelrod is a tiny man living in Joe Biden's head.
@chucktodd @meetthepress What VP said-that all married couples should have exactly the same legal rights-is precisely POTUS's position.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 6, 2012
Dick Cheney agrees with Biden on this issue. Dick Cheney. You know, the guy who's bearish on apologizing for inflicting accidental gunshot wounds?
Here are Biden's thoughtful comments on the universality of love, before they were reduced to a pile of wet Saltines by Beltway political operatives.
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Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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