The Biden campaign targeted House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday over his views on 'same-sex relations' but dismissed past comments from the president on the same subject.
The Biden campaign took aim at newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson this past week over his views on 'same-sex relations' but ignored past comments from President Biden on the same subject during his time in public office. 'Mike Johnson called for criminalizing gay sex,' the Biden-Harris presidential campaign wrote Wednesday in a post to X, formerly known as Twitter.
In September 1973, while responding to a question about homosexuals serving in the U.S. civil service or the military, Biden suggested that homosexuals were 'security risks.' Biden's comment at the time, according to Wilmington's The Morning News, came in response to a question from Robert Vane, a gay activist who questioned the then-senator about discrimination.
The Guardian reported in 2011 that approximately 14,500 individuals had been removed from the military for violating the 'don't ask don't tell' policy from 1994 to 2011. In August 1994, Biden joined 22 of his Democrat colleagues to vote in favor of an amendment that cut off federal funds to any school district that taught the acceptance of homosexuality as a lifestyle, The Associated Press reported at the time.
Look, I don't — I don't know whether it would be writing discrimination into the Constitution,' Biden continued. 'But it doesn't warrant the Constitution. There's a lot of things that don't need to be in the Constitution. And what we have always — marriage has always been something we left to the states.' In June 2006, while speaking to NBC News' 'Meet the Press,' Biden was more forceful. 'You know, think about this.
In March 2020, in Washington, D.C., Biden doubled down: 'I’m the first person to go on national television in any administration and say I supported gay marriage. I supported gay marriage when asked. And so it started a ripple effect. I’m not taking all credit for it, but I’m the first major player to say I support gay marriage on national television.' However, major figures from both parties had already done so, including Dick Cheney and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
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