UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Biden says he jumped gun on gay marriage

|
 
Vice President Joe Biden. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
Vice President Joe Biden. UPI/Kevin Dietsch 
License photo
Published: May 11, 2012 at 1:41 AM

WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden has apologized to President Barack Obama for jumping the gun on same-sex marriage, a Biden spokeswoman said Thursday.

Biden, appearing Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press," said he was "comfortable" with marriages contracted between two men or two women. Obama followed suit Wednesday, although he told an ABC interviewer the vice president "probably got a little over his skis" on the issue.

Staffers say Obama had made up his mind some time ago that he should go public on same-sex marriage and planned to do it before the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., the week of Sept. 3.

"The president has been the leader on this issue from Day 1 and the vice president never intended to distract from that," The Washington Post reported Kendra Barkoff, Biden's press secretary, said in a statement Thursday.

Staffers said Biden saw Obama for the first time this week on Wednesday and apologized. The president said he understood Biden had spoken based on his beliefs, the newspaper said.

Topics: Joseph Biden, Barack Obama
Recommended Stories
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional U.S. News Stories
1 of 14
The 2013 Billboard Music Awards
View Caption
Singer Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 19, 2013. UPI/Jim Ruymen
fark
Large tornado on ground right now -in- OKC
Attention all straight people with children, anything with the word "gay" in it is "inappropriate...
Photoshop this man and his fine hat (link fixed, not that it really matters)
Educators worry that students pretending to assassinate each other could lead to real violence,...
Not news: Woman can't find changing table for infant News: Staff gets upset when she changes diaper...
Dear Americans, please stop eating healthy. Sincerely, the Food Industry