Biden: Gay marriage ‘fulfills … the spirit of the Declaration of Independence’
Official portrait of Vice President of the United States . (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) According to Vice President Joe Biden , states that defend true marriage today are just as guilty of oppression as King George was when the United States declared their independence from the British crown 238 years ago. In a July 4 speech at Philadelphia ’s Independence Hall , where the Declaration was signed on that date in 1776, Biden told onlookers that same-sex “marriage” should be celebrated as “the civil rights issue of our day, making it clear that you should be able to marry whoever you love — period.” “Ladies and gentlemen, ultimately that’s what we’re celebrating today — the continuation of the expansion of the notion that all men are created equal ,” Biden said. “There’s been a constant march in America on the road to guaranteeing every man, woman and child the dignity that you’re entitled to. ... That’s what these men who said in this building behind me fully understood.”