WH Press Corps Overruns Jay Carney With Questions on Joe Biden’s Gay Marriage Comments
- Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:00pm by
Erica Ritz
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On Sunday, Vice President Joe Biden said that he is “absolutely comfortable” with same-sex marriage, making him the highest Obama administration official to indicate support for the issue.
President Obama, on the other hand, has maintained a stance of being opposed to same-sex marriage– though he supports equal rights for LGBT individuals and his stance is reported to be “evolving.”
(Related: Biden: I Am ‘Absolutely Comfortable’ With Same-Sex Marriage)
The discrepancy caused a rash of questions at the daily press briefing at the White House, with Jay Carney seemingly trying to play-down the issue.
“He opposes bans on gay marriage…but he doesn’t yet support gay marriage?” one reporter asked.
“His views on LGBT rights are crystal clear,” Carney maintained. “Nothing has changed,” he said, looking visibly flustered.
Check out video of the questions and answers, below:
“[Biden] has his own personal views on the issue, as does the President,” Carney said, before concluding, “Look, I don‘t have an update for you on the President’s personal views.”
One reporter reportedly responded, “The game’s on,” as the press conference ended.
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Comments (76)
Rayblue
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:01pmSo Obamas “evolving” now. From a parasite to a more efficient parasite.
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:24pmEveryone knows how obama feels about gay issues. It’s one of his largest voting blocks. However, he must distance himself, as it gets close to the election, because he wants to lure independents. Biden will have a sock shoved into his mouth until November.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:11pmThere are no laws denying any rights to these people. Never have been. They can get married. The definition is what they are trying to change. Get married like generations before have done….Man to a woman and women to a man……otherwise go do your own thing and leave the definition of marriage alone.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:24pmLittle Joe’s gay comment is a 2016 election comment when he goes up against Mitt
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:55pmThis is a circus to distract from important issues.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:31pmAnyone that votes for President fohis views on gays marriage,abortion,or on his race or religion SHOULDN’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE. Fact is a president shouldn‘t have powers over any personal issues so his personal issues shouldn’t matter.
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 5:08pm000degrees
You are so correct what they are after is nonsense it’s all a political bouncing ball what they are after is to get included in regular marriage when it should be given a different NAME altogether.
We are only saying you can’t use the name marriage nothing more.
We are taking nothing from them or stopping them from anything except the use of a name for what they want.
They are not being suppressed in any way
Report Post »bdandsl
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:51pmAnd, don’t forget, obama has a big stick!
Report Post »possom
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:50pmI‘m sure the million’s of unemployed think about this everyday!
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:49pmBoth parties love talking about issues like this. Marriage is a State issue, but what way better then to whip up the base. I’m sure the Dems will have their big mouths out there and we will pull out someone like West or Bachmann to hoot and holler that we need more laws at the Federal level to protect us from…….. What ever. It’s all Smoke and Mirrors while we give them are liberties to keep us safe and then stand by and watch them destroy the Republic.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:32pmThen how come the radical left is using the courts to overturn the will of the people on this issue?
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:06pmGit-R-Done
Report Post »If people would look at their Representatives voting record and stop listening to “Hot Air” coming from their Pie Hole. You would not have Judges ruling against the Constitution.
Example: Rep. Allen West, Conservatives thinks he’s the best thing since sliced bread.
When West Votes for things like the
Patriot Act
NDAA
Raising of the Debt Ceiling
Unbalanced Budgets
CISPA
TSA
West voted NO with Nancy Pelosi for the Development of Oil Shale Resources
West also voted for the Federal Aviation Administration Act with Sen. Barbara Boxer
This is only a sample of his voting record.
Is this a Conservative? Is this what you support?
Well, People like this are stripping us of our Liberty and putting Judges on the bench.
ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:42pmWe need to focus on jobs and getting on track……….. I am sick of hearing about the h0m03 and the war on women. Stop wasting time POTUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »pscully17
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:00pmtoday massachusettes banned bake sales state wide at schools and fundraisers do to the high cost and severity of child obesity… its costing blah blah blah… so where are the published disease rates and healthcare costs associated with gay sex? the cdc has several alarming articles on gay mens sexual activites and the very high risks and medical costs related to anal sex and oral hpv outbreaks…so while our government is hammering the food sources and obesity pandemic… they are aggressivley advocating gay marriage and gay sexual activity.. which carries a larger scale societal probelm than obesity… ie: obesity is not transmittable.. so where is the public outcry against gay sexual behavior, equal to their political concerns for fat people?
Report Post »pscully17
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:13pmalso, where was the pertinent question to jay carney: Jay, do you like anal sex, and condone sodomy? Jay what are your views about penial penetration into rectums? Jay, do you spit or swallow?
Report Post »pscully17
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:18pmhttp://gaylife.about.com/od/comingout/a/population.htm less than 4 percent of the population is gay.. so why again is this a national issue for our current political climate? less than 4 percent….gay marriage shouldnt even be a topic of discussion… just another diversion. Focus people FOCUS
Report Post »fastfacts1
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:38pmJay Carney didn‘t seem to tell the press that in 2004 Obama spoke out against gay marriage saying marriage wasn’t a ‘civil right’: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/may/obama_2004_gay.html
Report Post »pscully17
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:37pmexcellent!!! good work!!
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:52amYeah, but Obama’s opinion is “evolving”, remember?
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:37pmWill and Grace was on in the 90′s, no? This is Snuffalopagus again… War on Homosexuals, right?
Report Post »MastrSSG
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:34pmThese guys aren’t even good at being bald faced liars. They do it every day in the most corrupt administration in America’s history but they are so transparent they can’t even keep a straight face while telling the most outrageous lies. I guess maybe that’s what they mean when they say they’re the most transparent administration because that’s the only thing transparent about them.
Report Post »You know how you can tell when Obama or someone from his administration are lying? Their lips are moving!
crusaderx9
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:28pmThe Iraq Press Secretary during the 2003 Invasion/Liberation of Iraq looked more credible than “Lying Jay”…
Report Post »mercenary4freedom
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:36pmI wonder what they charge to give plugs Biden a haircut? If it’s any more than $15 bucks, he’s getting ripped.
Report Post »billjac
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:35pmIsn’t gaffe-o-matic Joe embarrassed about the hair plugs, tanning parlor tan and bleached teeth? C’mon Joe, you‘re in your late ’60′s.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 6:52amJoe suffers from early onset dementia. You have to humor him as he won’t remember what he said by tomorrow.
OMG 2012 (and take Joe with him)
Report Post »PrayNC
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:28pmThe EVIL behind Homosexuality and Abortion Killing….No nation can survive as long as this continues…NO NATION! And they are after The Youth!!
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:37pmHow evil is it for a nation to give all of its citizens the same and equal rights, or to allow women to make the final decision about their healthcare.
Really, you same government Conservatives really want the government to control personal matters.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:06pm@encinom—A babies “health issue” is staying alive in the womb.You are a Idiot.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:33pmEncinom – With some being more equal than others in your demented mindset. Blood relatives can’t marry each other nor can anybody marry more than one person according to their beliefs, hypocrite.
Report Post »Inlightofthings
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 7:44amENCIMONICNE:
Report Post »Really, be honest here. Are you part of the “Top Down”, “Bottom up” or “Inside Out” efforts?
blownaway
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:27pmI remember thinking “thank God they are getting rid of Robert Gibbs… nobody can be as big a weasel as Gibbs”. Boy was I wrong… where do they find these bozos?
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:37pmThey are standing in line with applcation in hand.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:12pm@macpappy—Truth tellers need not apply.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:27pmEveryone in this administration has sold their soul,,,
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:24pmWho cares what Biden thinks. Our country is going bankrupt, our troops have been at none stop war for decades, and we are losing real freedoms weekly. To top that off the GOP establishment is desperate for the status quo and wants Romney who supports practically everything Obama is as a candidate.
We are losing our nation, focus on the only issues that matter.
Debt
Spending
Wars
Freedoms
Obama cannot defend himself on those issues. Of course neither can Romney, but we need to wake up. Ron Paul 2012!!!
Report Post »mattintexas
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:23pmI don’t have a problem with people being gay and getting married either. They should have to suffer just like the rest of us. lol
Report Post »chubby
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:21pmDoes Carney ever have an update on the President’s posture? NO! That is the standard answer Carney gives when he does not want to give a righteous answer.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:52pmDoes Obama have an update on his posture? Do you think that clown knows what he is going to say from one minute to the next?
But really, once he won the election what did you expect to happen. Things are happening just about like everyone that was called a rascist said it would.
Report Post »You haven’t seen the worst of it yet.
BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:21pmI’ve been to 2 county fairs, a goat roping, and a buzzard cook off and I’ve never seen anything like this!!!!!!
Report Post »Bigmouth-strikes-again
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:14pmlmao
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:20pmThis is a farce. We all know obama is for gay marriage and will say so after the election. Hope he loses so his remark will have no meaning.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:19pmHe was for it before he was against it. Crystal clear.
Report Post »Truthmonster
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:17pmI actually feel sorry for poor Jay Carney. Having to sugarcoat the actions of Dumb & Dumber. A daunting challenge. I have notice the press, the main stream press, the press that has been in Obama’s back pocket has started to grow a pair. They have been constantly becoming more aggresive when feed the usual load of crap. I have never seen the WH press corp lead around by the nose and sucking up in my years. They seem to be waking up from the daze they have been in for the last 4 years. That’s a good sign.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:16pmWow, back on gay marriage. With everything that’s screwed up in this country… this is the hot button issue.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:39pmThe GOP needs to keep its religious fanatical basis motivated, otherwise they have nothing.
Report Post »mensa141
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:51pmEncinom is at it again. Small minded opinions.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:59pmI don’t know man. The GOP is pushing a candidate on us that’s exactly like your guy. You haven’t noticed the infighting between moderates, social progressives and Libertarians?
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:17pmencinom
Report Post »It was Biden that brought it up! Both parties love it.
copatriots
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:14pmThe game’s been on for over 4 years and “reporters” have been willing, complicit pawns.
Report Post »symphonic
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:14pmGet rid of these guys. So inconsistent.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:26pmIts like they flip flop all the time. Do we know anyone else that does that a lot? Maybe we should try something different instead of the same thing and expecting different results.
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:12pmYou gotta Love This Goof and NO Uncle Joe I”M nat gay……Not that there’s anything wrong with that….
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:09pmThe “carnaval” is still in town I see!
Report Post »matt708
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:03pmCarney would lie even if his mothers life depended upon it. what a idiot
Report Post »Jackie Rogers, Jr.
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:43pmWell when you put it that way, I would too.
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