Vice President Joe Biden, appearing Friday on ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America,” compared the nation’s changing views on gay marriage to changes in the military’s acceptance of gays and lesbians serving openly.
“I think the country is evolving, and I think there is an inevitability for a national consensus on gay marriage,” Biden said. Watch here:
Biden said the next effort will likely be “to deal with” the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal law that defines marriage as a legal union exclusively between one man and one woman.
Earlier this year, a U.S. District Court judge in Boston struck down DOMA; the Justice Department is appealing the ruling.
Same-sex marriage is legal in five states — Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont — and the District of Columbia. DOMA prohibits the federal government from recognizing gay marriage, denying federal benefits to same-couples who are legally married in these jurisdictions.
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UH,
YA THINK ??
IT’S THE 21st CENTURY ..
:- )
Why is Obama still “wrestling with the issue”?
Yeah, I thought Obama was on the LGBTQ communities side. What gives?
I know it’s happening. I lived in DFW area, and even the conservative kids there thought it was stupid not to let G&L get married. Things are a-changin!
ppl as individuals are mostly ok with it but so many are followers
Honestly, it’s such a contraversial topic. Although, I’m openly a lesbian, I still wonder. I think as a person, to be considered an individual, you have to do what you believe is right for you, you can’t spend your whole life wondering what life would be like if you weren’t “this way” or “that way”. Straight, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning…should still live life the way the thought it was meant to be lived and they can’t let others’ opinions stop, shield, or make them hide their true self in ANY way. If your a person who is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Questioning, send me a message and I’ll try to give you the advice I can give.
I don’t see controversial to be gay. Honestly. It’s not a big deal, and people who make into one are people who are just ignorant and don’t know any better. Just like there’s straight people there’s Gay. Simple as that. The End.