Biden "absolutely comfortable" with same sex marriage

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He said it even if the WH "clarified" what he said later.

Uh-oh. Did Joe Biden just get out front of his boss on gay marriage?
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“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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But the policy – or at least the position staked out by President Obama – is not the same as “men marrying men, women marrying women.” Obama supports civil unions, but that’s it.

A Biden aide quickly “clarified” the VP’s on-air statement.


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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/0506/Joe-Biden-stirs-the-pot-on-same-sex-marriage

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1. Amazing. Didn't like Biden to start and now I'm absolutely comfortable with him.

Everytime he opens his mouth, I hear a sensible, reasonable human being.