Biden sees 'inevitability' for gay marriage

Biden: "There's an inevitability for a national consensus on gay marriage."
By Michael J.W. Stickings The Hill: Vice President Joseph Biden said in a television interview Friday that "there's an inevitability for a national consensus on Gay Marriage." The vice president, who backs Civil Unions but not same-sex marriage, weighed in on the issue two days after President Obama acknowledged his position was "evolving." "I think the country's evolving," Biden said in the interview with ABC News. His...

No More Mister Nice Blog
ANOTHER BIG EFFIN' DEAL (Zandar here. Well, I'll try not to burn the place down in a Christmas Tree fire "accident", but thanks for having me around again Steve. And thank you guys for reading.) We start off with news that Vice President Joe Biden believes that national Gay Marriage is something of an "inevitability". Vice President Joseph Biden said in a television interview Friday that “there’s an inevitability for a national consensus on gay marriage.” The vice president, who backs civ

Another Big Effin' Deal
The vice president, who backs Civil Unions but not same-sex marriage, weighed in on the issue two days after President Obama acknowledged his position was “evolving.” “I think the country's evolving,” Biden said in the interview with ABC News. His comments were not the first time he has suggested the country would eventually accept and support Gay Marriage. Asked in a 2007 appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” if gay marriage was inevitable, Biden replied...

Joe Biden predicts gay marriage will win acceptance
Vice President Joe Biden is predicting that the evolution in thinking that will permit gays to soon serve openly in the Military eventually will bring about a national consensus for same-sex marriage. Changes in attitudes by Military leaders, those in the service and the public allowed the Repeal by Congress of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, Biden noted in a nationally broadcast interview on Christmas Eve. “I think the country’s evolving,” he said o...

Joe Biden: Legal Gay Marriage "Inevitable" In U.S.
Appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America" today to tout the White House's Repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy against gays serving openly in the Military, the notoriously gabby veep detoured into matrimony. "I think the country's evolving, and I think there's an inevitability for a national consensus on Gay Marriage," Biden said. Biden's assertion appears to be well ahead of Obama's "evolving" position on gay marria...

Biden says gay marriage 'inevitable'
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden predicted Friday the evolution in thinking that will permit gays to soon serve openly in the Military eventually will bring about a national consensus for same-sex marriage. Changes in attitudes by Military leaders, those in the service and the public allowed the Repeal by Congress of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Biden noted in a nationally broadcast interview on Christmas Eve. "I think the country's evolving," he said on ABC's "Good Morning Americ...

Biden: Gay Marriage is Inevitable
The Huffington Post reports: WASHINGTON (AP)- Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that the country is evolving on the issue of Gay Marriage and he thinks it’s inevitable there will be national consensus. He said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” the same thing is happening with the issue of marriage that happened with gays’ service in the Military. Changes in attitudes by military leaders, those in the service and the public allowed the Repeal by Congress of ...

Biden: Gay marriage inevitable
It looks like the White House view on Gay Marriage is evolving pretty rapidly. The president and vice president are both on record as supporting Civil Unions, not marriage, for Gay Couples. But earlier this week President Obama said his attitudes are changing and on Friday Vice President Joe Biden said the eventual legalization of Gay Marriage was "inevitable." Biden told George Stephanopoulos that he thinks Gay Marriage will gradually become more accepted in the same way that the idea of gay m...

Joe Biden: Gay Marriage Is Inevitable
That didn’t take long. In an interview with ABC News, Vice President Joe Biden says Gay Marriage is inevitable. He says that the “evolution” in thinking that led to the Repeal of DADT will most assuredly lead to Americans supporting gay marriage. Biden and Obama have both come out against gay marriage, instead opting for the more politically safe, Civil Unions. Not surprisingly Biden has it completely wrong. He says that changes in attitudes, or as he calls it, evolution in thinking by m

Biden: Tax cuts for rich must end in 2012
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told ABC News the recently extended Tax Cuts for the wealthiest Americans must expire in 2012. Biden, the White House's top negotiator for the tax deal, told ABC's George Stephanopoulos the incoming flux of GOP members of Congress won't stop the administration from holding the line when the extension of the Tax Cuts expires. "George, that's why I think I felt confident in being asked by the president to negotiate a deal on taxes that the...

Biden says repeal of ‘don’t ask’ will pave way for gay marriage
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden predicted yesterday that the evolution in thinking that will soon permit gays to serve openly in the Military eventually will bring about a national consensus for same-sex marriage. Changes in attitudes among Military leaders, servicemembers, and the public allowed the Repeal by Congress of the “don’t ask, don’t tell’’ policy, Biden noted in a nationally broadcast interview on Christmas Eve. “I think the countryR...

In His Own Words: Vice President Biden's Evolving View on Gay Marriage
Vice President Biden said his view on Gay Marriage, much like the president's, is evolving. Biden went as far to say that gay marriage is "inevitable," in an interview that aired Friday on ABC's Good Morning America. This is contrast to what the vice president has said in the past, where he noted he either didn't know or that he didn't think that gay marriage would become would happen that soon.. Back at a campaign stop in 2007, he even said he didn't see it becoming a reality in the next five y...

Biden Says Gay Marriage 'Inevitable'
WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that the country is evolving on the issue of Gay Marriage and he thinks it's inevitable there will be national consensus. He said on ABC's "Good Morning America" the same thing is happening with the issue of marriage that happened with gays' service in the Military. Changes in attitudes by military leaders, those in the service and the public allowed the Repeal by Congress of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that will eventually allow gays to...

Biden: Consensus on gay marriage 'inevitable'
WASHINGTON — Attitudes toward same-sex marriage are "evolving," and a national consensus favoring Gay Marriage is inevitable, Vice President Joseph Biden said Friday. Biden gave a somewhat more optimistic view than President Obama, who earlier in the week told reporters: "I think this is something that we're going to debate, and I personally am going to continue to wrestle with, going forward." Biden on Friday cited the administration's successful push to Repeal the Military's 17-year "d...

Biden sees gay marriage consensus
WASHINGTON -- Attitudes toward same-sex marriage are ``evolving,'' and a national consensus for Gay Marriage is inevitable, Vice President Joe Biden said Friday. Biden gave a somewhat more optimistic view than President Barack Obama, who earlier this week told reporters: ``I think this is something that we're going to debate and I personally am going to continue to wrestle with, going forward.'' Friday, Biden cited the administration's successful push to Repeal the Military's 17-year-old ``do...

Biden says gay marriage 'inevitable'
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden predicted Friday the evolution in thinking that will permit gays to soon serve openly in the Military eventually will bring about a national consensus for same-sex marriage. Changes in attitudes by Military leaders, those in the service and the public allowed the Repeal by Congress of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Biden noted in a nationally broadcast interview on Christmas Eve. "I think the country's evolving," he said on ABC's "Good Morni...

Biden Calls Same Sex Marriage Inevitable
Things have really changed since 2004. In the 2004 election, the Bush campaign used homophobia to get out the vote by putting all those propositions opposing Gay Marriage on the ballots. Now we appear to be rapidly approaching a tipping point where Discrimination against Homosexuals is as frowned upon as Discrimination based upon race. That doesn’t mean it will go away, but it will no longer be possible to base Legislation on such discrimination. In 2004 the unpopularity of same sex marr...

Joe Biden: Gay Marriage Is Inevitable
“I think there’s inevitability for a national consensus on Gay Marriage,” says Joe Biden and I think he’s right despite gay marriage bans getting majority support on ballots in recent Elections. America’s attitudes about gay marriage are changing. Younger generations simply don’t harbor the same sort of animosity for gays that older generations do, and I don’t think time is going to change that much. Of course, that being said, I don’t think that t...

Biden: Gay Marriage Inevitable in America
California Count Off by 1.5 Million? David Hockney’s ‘Fresh Flowers’: Techno-Art or iHackery? President Obama is still grappling with the notion of same-sex marriage, and it looks like his second in command is taking the issue a step further by declaring the “inevitability” of Gay Marriage in the future. —KA Vice President Joe Biden, increasingly visible as a key presidential adviser on domestic issues, predicted on Friday that the country was moving toward a ...

Afghan troops get a taste of Christmas
COMBAT OUTPOST TERRA NOVA, Afghanistan — With a red stocking full of candy canes in hand, Spc. Lindsey Helgamo spread a bit of holiday cheer to Afghan Troops on Christmas morning in the Arghandab district of Kandahar Province. She donned a Santa hat, called out “Merry Christmas!” and handed out the peppermint treats to the Afghan National Army Soldiers, who looked curiously at the curved confections but were all smiles as they accepted them. A few excitedly surrounded her an...

Biden says gay marriage 'inevitable'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that the country is evolving on the issue of Gay Marriage and he thinks it's inevitable there will be national consensus. He said on ABC's "Good Morning America" the same thing is happening with the issue of marriage that happened with gays' service in the Military. Changes in attitudes by military leaders, those in the service and the public allowed the Repeal by Congress of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that will event...

Decision Points: The Review
On page 187 he described "George's plan" regarding the invasion of Iraq. George's plan? George was George Tenet, Director of the CIA. That is truly remarkable in two ways. It is rather odd for the director of the CIA to develop war plans for an invasion. That responsibility normally falls under the auspices of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Also, "George's plan" entailed sending less than 1500 ground Troops to secure Afghanistan, a region roughly the size of Texas. There is little doubt that contr...

Evolving Views on Gay Marriage
One question I had in mind in the 2008 campaign was to wonder what upside, if any, there really was in Barack Obama saying he’s opposed to Gay Marriage. Would anyone for whom stopping gay marriage is a vote-deciding issue really think he could afford to be indifferent to the Obama/McCain choice on this score? Wasn’t there a clearly relevant difference in judicial picks? Along these lines, I don’t quite see what either Joe Biden or Barack Obama is achieving by playing footsie ...

SPIN METER: Lame-duck Congress charts own course
Republicans say they will follow "the people's priorities" when they gain power on Capitol Hill next month. Yet when it came to Tax Cuts for the wealthy and other top issues that dominated the just concluded lame-duck Congress, the GOP either defied what most Americans want or followed their will only after grudging, drawn-out battles. Relentlessly focused on the next election, politicians are usually loath to act against voter sentiment. Still, the post-election weeks of the 111th Congress saw ...

Pope Tells Catholics in China to Have Courage
Vatican City -- Pope Benedict XVI urged loyal Catholics in China to have courage in the face of Communist limits on Religious Freedom and conscience, a Christmas Day message highlighting the tensions between Beijing and the Vatican. In Bethlehem, the largest number of pilgrims in a decade gathered to celebrate Christmas, with tens of thousands flocking to the Church of the Nativity for prayers. Violence in Nigeria and the Philippines and fear in Iraq, however, marred Christmas Day festivities....