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发帖数: 19713 | 1 By Andrew Harmon
JOE BIDEN BARACK OBAMA DADT SIGNING x390 (getty) | advocate.com
Not only is President Barack Obama “evolving” on his marriage equality
position. Now the second-in-command admits that embracing marriage rights
for gay and lesbian couples is inevitable.
“I think there is an inevitability for a national consensus on gay marriage
," Vice President Joe Biden said during a Friday appearance on ABC's Good
Morning America, though he indicated the White House's policy in suppor of
full civil union rights -- not marriage equality -- hasn't changed.
Biden’s candor follows several recent statements made by President Obama on
the issue, both during a Wednesday news conference and an exclusive
interview with The Advocate, where he reflected on his “evolving” stance
— one that Obama originally spoke of during an October interview with
Americablog Gay’s Joe Sudbay and four other progressive bloggers.
“The sentiment I expressed then is still where I am — which is, like a lot
of people, I’m wrestling with this. My attitudes are evolving on this,”
Obama told The Advocate’s Kerry Eleveld in an interview posted Wednesday.
“I have always firmly believed in having a robust civil union that provides
the rights and benefits under the law that marriage does. I’ve wrestled
with the fact that marriage traditionally has had a different connotation.
But I also have a lot of very close friends who are married gay or lesbian
couples.
“And squaring that circle is something that I have not done yet, but I’m
continually asking myself this question, and I do think that — I will make
this observation, that I notice there is a big generational difference,” he
continued. “When you talk to people who are in their 20s, they don’t
understand what the holdup is on this, regardless of their own sexual
orientation. And obviously when you talk to older folks, then there’s
greater resistance.” | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 2 在我印象里，这是美国最高领导人明确表示支持同婚了吧？ | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 3 Joke? "I notice there is a big generational difference",OBAMA七老八十了吗？
还“I’m wrestling with this”， OBAMA九十年代就支持GAY MARRIAGE了。不过是
以为走中间路线最保险，没想到计划没有变化快，再说支持CIVIL UNION难过关了（现
在,支持CU=反同）。从了吧，早从早超生，看到有些民主党人脑分裂我替他们难受。 | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 4 可惜OBAMA/BIDEN再怎么"EVOLVE"，只要他们不能连任，GAY MARRIAGE和他们就没啥关
系了，他们能做的也就是通过HATE CRIMES BILL和废除DADT了。 |
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