Remember this? Here's then-Vice President Joe Biden on "Meet the Press" in 2012, endorsing marriage equality. It caused a brouhaha because the Inside the Beltway crowd is always shocked when the Veep gets out ahead of his boss's skis. But it was a turning point for a lot of people — Barack Obama included.
By the way, re-watching it all these years later, we notice that after bringing up marriage equality, host David Gregory said to Biden, "You're opposed to it." Was Joe going to let that stand? Of course not.
So it's fitting that today, as POTUS, Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, codifying protections for same-sex and interracial marriage. Take that, Clarence, Biff, John, Neil, Sam and Amy.
You know, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. really is a good and decent man. He sees wrong and tries to right it, suffering and tries to heal it, war and tries to stop it. Presidentially, in the last two years we have gone from the odious to the sublime. Someday America may appreciate this. We cats already do, and we PURR.
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