Reply #29: I don't buy Axelrod's position (or Obama's)

[dickthegrouch]

If you look closely at what Biden said in the Vice President's candidate debate and take into account when it was said, it was VERY ambiguous. Even though my initial reaction was pure fury, on re-reading Biden's statement, we could could have made a perfect ad for our side with his words.

The question “Do you support gay marriage?”
BIDEN: “No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage. "

Since, at the time, same-sex marriage was legal, I told the campaign to put that answer in an ad and give the voice-over
"Don't redefine marriage in California, Vote No on Proposition 8"

Of course, we never saw the ad, the campaign ignored me.

We should be using that clip for all it's worth to destroy the fundies, and force Obama to use that Constitutional scholarship to mean something (hint: equal treatment).