On Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” President Joe Biden recounted an “epiphany” moment about same-sex love from his childhood. His stance on same-sex marriage has shifted from opposition to support, evolving along with public opinion.
, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman and allowed states not to recognize same-sex marriages. Under this act, same-sex couples couldn’t claim federal benefits.
In 2019, before Biden announced his presidential run, Justice Democrats, an American progressive political action committee, remembered Biden’s Defense of Marriage Act vote and tweeted why Biden wasn’t their candidate. Biden had also opposed same-sex marriage in 2008, when he was running for election with then-President Barack Obama. During the 2008
"The fact of the matter is that under the Constitution we should be granted — same-sex couples should be able to have visitation rights in the hospitals, joint ownership of property, life insurance policies, et cetera. That's only fair. It's what the Constitution calls for. And so we do support it.":"No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage. We do not support that.
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