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Biden: Gay marriage ‘fulfills … the spirit of the Declaration of Independence’

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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 unders...

Cardinal Dolan applauds football player for ‘coming out’, but didn’t back homosexuality: diocese

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NEW YORK CITY, March 10, 2014 – The Archdiocese of New York has told LifeSiteNews that Cardinal Timothy Dolan's decision to congratulate a homosexual football player for coming out of the closet did not mean the cardinal “was unconcerned about Church teaching on homosexual activity.” During an interview Sunday on NBC's " Meet the Press " focusing on the "Francis effect" in the Church, host David Gregory asked the cardinal about the decision of Michael Sam, a 24-year-old senior at the University of Missouri and defensive end, to announce that he is a homosexual. “Good for him,” Cardinal Dolan replied. “I would have no sense of judgment on him. God bless ya.” He added that “the same Bible that tells us, that teaches us about the virtues of chastity and the virtue of fidelity and marriage also tells us not to judge people. So, I would say, ‘Bravo.'” The cardinal's reaction was more exuberant than that of Michael Sam Sr., the player...

Billy Graham’s son Franklin: Gay lifestyle is ‘a sin,’ and ‘I want to warn people’

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In a Meet the Press interview Sunday, Franklin Graham , the son of famed preacher Billy Graham , refused to back down from his Biblical stance against homosexuality. “It’s sin,” he said, and added that he wanted to warn people about it because they will have to stand before God who will judge. The younger Graham was speaking in the NBC interview about his father’s legacy, as the elder Graham, 95, is ‘very weak’ and eating little. He described how he helped to arrange a final sermon for his father that aired in November. He felt it was God’s will that he help his father “finish well.” In the context of about Pope Francis’ “who am I to judge” comment, Franklin Graham was asked if he would shift his position on “gays.” “God would have to shift, and God doesn't,” Graham replied. “God's word is the same yesterday and today and a million years from now, that it's sin.” “To wink at sin, and to tell somebody that it's okay, I know the consequences of what will happen one d...

Joe Biden: ‘Will & Grace’ the turning point in debate over gay ‘marriage,’ rights

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WASHINGTON, D.C. , May 7, 2012,  In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the sitcom  Muphy Brown  to task for undermining the nuclear family . Twenty years later, another Vice President is crediting television with redefining the family. In a controversial “ Meet the Press ” interview Sunday,  Joe Biden appeared to endorse same-sex “marriage,”  saying he was “absolutely comfortable” with granting same-sex couples the same privileges enjoyed by traditional families. Biden  told  NBC’s David Gregory that society had changed its views on marriage, thanks largely to one television program. Biden credited " Will and Grace " for changing society's view of marriage. “I take a look at when things really begin to change, is when the social culture changes. I think ‘Will and Grace’ probably did more to educate the American public than almost anything anybody’s ever done so far,” he said. “This is evolving.” The popular sitcom, which featured a homosexu...