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Originally Posted by njbchbum
taken from the transcript of 5/6/12 meet the press [ ]May 6: Joe Biden, Kelly Ayotte, Diane Swonk, Tom Brokaw, Chuck Todd - Meet the Press - Transcripts - msnbc.com
[from the roundtable discussion]
DAVID GREGORY:
All right, point taken. Final one on our hot topics this week: the vice president on this program talking about same-sex marriage. He made news on this, Chuck.
CHUCK TODD:
He did. He went far, he's gone farther. I mean basically, he came out and supported gay marriage. And that was clear in your interview. What's interesting there is the vice President's office reached out to me to say, "Yes, we know that the vice president was speaking about himself. He's not speaking for the administration." And they pointed out, like the president, he's evolving on this issue."
will the old 'flip-flop' become the new 'evolving'? |
Same sex marriage is a very tough issue for politicians. You lose a voting block no matter what position you take up when taking a side on this issue.
Having worked along various gays/lesbians while living in Minneapolis and before that near San Francisco, being able to marry and get the rights set up for married couples, seems like a human right that should be available to anyone. On the other hand, though, I do see a freedom of religion argument here that certain churches which are against gay/lesbian marriages should not have to allow such unions within their church.