When Sen. Joe Biden walked onto the "Ellen DeGeneres" stage to David Bowie's song "Changes," the irony wasn't lost on values voters. In the days leading up to his interview, Sen. Barack Obama's running mate has made some significant changes to his position on marriage, namely that he supports redefining it. At the Vice Presidential debate just 18 days ago this was the exchange between the candidates and moderator Gwen Ifill.
GOV. SARAH PALIN: ...I will tell Americans straight up that I don't support defining marriage as anything but between one man and one woman...I'm being as straight up with Americans as I can in my non-support for anything but a traditional definition of marriage...
IFILL: Let's try to avoid nuance, Senator. Do you support gay marriage?
BIDEN: No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage. We do not support that.
Last week, the Democratic candidate took a serious detour from his opposition to same-sex "marriage," telling an IN Los Angeles reporter that he opposes Proposition 8, California's marriage protection amendment. This morning on "Ellen," Biden reiterated that view and added, "If I lived in California, I'd clearly vote against Prop 8." Meanwhile, his GOP counterpart stood by her initial statements and told CBN's David Brody that she supports a federal marriage amendment. In Gov. Palin's one-on-one with Brody, she said, "...I have voted along with the vast majority of Alaskans who had the opportunity to vote to amend our Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman. I wish on a federal level that's where we would go because I don't support gay marriage."
Additional Resources ABC News: Biden Appears on Ellen, Says He'd Vote Against CA Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage Brody File: Palin Signals Support for Federal Marriage Amendment
FRC Action Update
Tony Perkins, FRC Action President
October 20, 2008
Source: http://www.frcaction.org/get.cfm?i=WU08J12&f=PG08G01
Tony Perkins, FRC Action President
October 20, 2008
Source: http://www.frcaction.org/get.cfm?i=WU08J12&f=PG08G01
Also, Catholic League President William Donahue weighed in on this today.
"BIDEN DEFIES POPE AND BISHOPS: NOW HE IS PRO-GAY MARRIAGE"
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