Biden's gay marriage 'epiphany' story contradicted by the historical record

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Biden raised eyebrows when he claimed in an interview that his “epiphany” on same-sex marriage came when he was a senior in high school. The problem with this account is that he didn't endorse gay marriage until about six months before his 70th birthday.

Biden recalled seeing two “well-dressed men in suits” kissing. His father explained that the men loved each other.

This is not the first time the White House has engaged in revisionist history on Biden and same-sex marriage. “[T]his is something that he supports — this piece of legislation,” top Biden spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at a daily press briefing last year. “And this is an issue, when it comes to marriage equality, that he has supported through — through his Senate days and as VP and now as president.

By that time, most Democrats supported gay marriage, and a Supreme Court ruling declaring it a constitutional right was a little over two years away. Public support for same-sex marriage hit 60% in Gallup the month before that decision. The Defense of Marriage Act passed the Senate by a vote of 85 to 14. The House vote for its enactment was 342 to 65. President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, signed it into law.

Obama and Biden had hesitated because of residual opposition from Hispanic and especially black voters. Black Californians voted in 2008 for Obama and Biden — and also to define marriage as between a man and a woman by passing the ballot initiative Proposition 8.

 

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Biden's false statements are legendary. Add one more to his seventy-seven page list.

This man is the biggest liar in American history!!

He also claims that he watched the two men walk into different buildings which are 7 miles away from his high school so if he was getting dropped off at high school how does that make sense that didn’t happen a lot in the late 50s 60s.

50 years of lying why would he stop now...

Was he in politics or the public eye in high school? How does anyone but himself know what he endorsed?

President Dementia's 'epiphany' came in 2014, when Obama was too scared to say it and said, 'Let's have my idiot, court jester VP say it first and see what happens.' You're welcome. 😉

😂

More lies and pandering from demented Joe! The left loves it, this distracts public while extreme left screws America

He lies daily.

The man is a pathological liar. He always was.

That's not necessarily a contradiction. A thoughtful, experienced person will come across different perspectives and instances, epiphanies, and then decide when working on it later. The problem is nothing in a marginalization-approving society is consensual.

Lying is just fine and dandy as long as you oppose Trump and evil Republicans.

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