{"id":6021,"date":"2012-05-08T17:55:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T17:55:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-06-10T10:03:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T14:03:51","slug":"biden-opens-the-door-for-obama-s-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2012\/05\/biden-opens-the-door-for-obama-s-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"#TBT Biden opens the door for Obama&#8217;s &#8216;evolution&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/obamabiden610-1024x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/obamabiden610-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/obamabiden610-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/obamabiden610-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/obamabiden610.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"fb-root\">\n<div class=\"content-list-component yr-content-list-text text\" data-rapid-cpos=\"1\" data-rapid-subsec=\"paragraph\" data-rapid-parsed=\"subsec\">\n<p><em>Originally posted May 8, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vice President Joe Biden became the highest-ranking official in the Obama administration to signal support for same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component yr-content-list-text text\" data-rapid-cpos=\"2\" data-rapid-subsec=\"paragraph\" data-rapid-parsed=\"subsec\">\n<p>The implication that he has completed the so-called evolution on gay marriage that President Barack Obama has yet to finish was beyond clear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component yr-content-list-text text\" data-rapid-cpos=\"3\" data-rapid-subsec=\"paragraph\" data-rapid-parsed=\"subsec\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">&#8220;I am vice president of the United States of America. 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