Joe Biden Comes Out In Support of Full Marriage Equality
#2
Posted: 5/6/12 at 11:48am
Obama needs to do the same.......BEFORE THE ELECTION! I've always liked Joe and this makes me like him even more!
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#3
Posted: 5/6/12 at 2:09pm
I mean, I guess this is good? To me it just reinforces the fact that gay people will get excited about any old crumb thrown their way.
#4
Posted: 5/6/12 at 7:28pm
It would cost Obama the election if he did the same.
#5
Posted: 5/6/12 at 10:17pm
I'm sure Obama thinks it would cost him the election if he did the same, and who knows, it might actually cost him the election if he did the same.
One thing for sure, though. Barack Obama WILL NOT come out in support of full marriage equality before the coming election. There's just no f**king way. His "evolution" will come, if at all, when he's safely out of the White House.
One thing for sure, though. Barack Obama WILL NOT come out in support of full marriage equality before the coming election. There's just no f**king way. His "evolution" will come, if at all, when he's safely out of the White House.
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#6
Posted: 5/7/12 at 8:45am
I wouldn't have said this until very recently, but I think Obama would benefit from taking a strong stance in favor of gay marriage. I'm not sure the youth vote will be as inspired as they were four years ago, and since Romney will almost certainly support the GOP platform which will favor DOMA, it would draw a clear distinction. Marriage equality polls substantially better than it did four years ago, and crucial independent voters favor equality by a wide margin.
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#7
Posted: 5/7/12 at 11:53am
Saying, "I am comfortable with it" is a whole lot different than saying, "Gay marriage should be legal in this country."
This "endorsement" doesn't excite me in the least.
This "endorsement" doesn't excite me in the least.
Updated On: 5/7/12 at 11:53 AM
#8
Posted: 5/7/12 at 1:40pm
That's cause you're not gay. This message was some kind of coded dog whistle for gay people about Obama's mythical second term and how during said mythical second term is going to shift from representing the Center Right to representing true progressiveism. Or something.
#9
Posted: 5/7/12 at 1:58pm
I'm going to reserve my opinion for the point at which this turns out to be the worst detriment to the LGBT community this country has ever witnessed. Should be any minute now.
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#10
Posted: 5/7/12 at 2:01pm
I'm pretty sure we'll blame actual LGBT people for that.
#11
Posted: 5/7/12 at 2:18pm
Also, Within minutes, though, Biden’s office was insisting that the vice president hadn’t broken any new ground, telling POLITICO, “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 roll back those rights.”
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#12
Posted: 5/7/12 at 4:51pm
If Obama wins a second term he still won't support gay marriage.
It's just never going to happen.
It's just never going to happen.
....but the world goes 'round
#13
Posted: 5/7/12 at 9:37pm
"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 roll back those rights.
There's the unspoken followup to that statement, to the effect that they won't lifte a finger to ADVANCE those rights either. Progress in this matter will not come from Barack Hussein Obama.
There's the unspoken followup to that statement, to the effect that they won't lifte a finger to ADVANCE those rights either. Progress in this matter will not come from Barack Hussein Obama.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/
#14
Posted: 5/7/12 at 9:53pm
Also, we're gonna need the to keep the Senate and/or regain the House or this certain second term of his where he's going to become a progressive warrior ("fierce advocate"?) doesn't sound too reassuring.
#15
Posted: 5/7/12 at 10:02pm
He had majorities in both House and Senate when he took office, and still didn't lift a finger. Forget about Obama endorsing marriage equality while in office, folks. It ain't gonna happen.
His campaign motto this time is FORWARD. It might be more accurately summed up as STASIS.
His campaign motto this time is FORWARD. It might be more accurately summed up as STASIS.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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