A decade after MTP interview, Biden will sign bill to codify same sex marriage

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : President Joe Biden will sign the Respect for Marriage Act Tuesday, codifying protections for same-sex marriage and interracial marriage into law.
61% : It's been ten years since one of then-Vice President Biden's most memorable appearances on Meet the Press, one in which he publicly declare his personal support of same-sex marriage for the first time -- even as his boss, President Barack Obama, remained opposed to at the time.
56% : Prior to his comments, Biden had long been on the record opposing a guarantee to give same-sex couple the full status of marriage, but he is expected to remind voters about the Meet the Press interview when he signs the Respect for Marriage bill Tuesday.
42% : And just three years later, Biden and Obama celebrated the Supreme Court's decision to make same-sex marriage legal in all states with the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
41% : In an appearance on "Meet the Press" in 2012, then-Vice President Joe Biden supported same-sex marriage at a time his boss still did not.

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