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Biden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’ and soon it’ll be law

FILE - Gay rights advocates march by the White House in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. President Joe Biden plans to sign legislation this coming week that will protect gay unions even if the Supreme Court revisits its ruling supporting a nationwide right of same-sex couples to marry. It's the latest part of Biden's legacy on gay rights, which includes his unexpected endorsement of marriage equality on national television a decade ago when he was vice president. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) FILE - Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin speaks during the HRC Columbus, Ohio Dinner at Ohio State University, June 1, 2019. Griffin, who led the American Foundation for Equal Rights and the Human Rights Campaign, said it was common for lawmakers to tell him, "You know privately I’m with you, and you know so-and-so in my family is gay or lesbian, but politically, I can’t be out there.” (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File) FILE - President Barack Obama, right, with Vice President Joe Biden on stage, speaks at a reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington to celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Pride month, Washington, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) FILE - Ohio House District 89 Candidate Jim Obergefell speaks during a meeting of the Democratic Women of Erie County at Strickfaden Park, Monday, July 18, 2022, in Sandusky, Ohio. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett, File) FILE - People gather in Washington's Lafayette Park to see the White House illuminated with rainbow colors to mark the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to legalize same-sex marriage, June 26, 2015. President Joe Biden plans to sign legislation this coming week that will protect gay unions even if the Supreme Court revisits its ruling supporting a nationwide right of same-sex couples to marry. It's the latest part of Biden's legacy on gay rights, which includes his unexpected endorsement of marriage equality on national television a decade ago when he was vice president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) FILE - Vice President Joe Biden reaches to shake hands with Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin before addressing the HRC's Spring Equity Convention in Washington, March 6, 2015. Griffin, who led the American Foundation for Equal Rights and the Human Rights Campaign, said it was common for lawmakers to tell him, "You know privately I’m with you, and you know so-and-so in my family is gay or lesbian, but politically, I can’t be out there.” (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) FILE - President Joe Biden signs an executive order at an event to celebrate Pride Month in the East Room of the White House, June 15, 2022, in Washington. Biden plans to sign legislation this coming week that will protect gay unions even if the Supreme Court revisits its ruling supporting a nationwide right of same-sex couples to marry. It's the latest part of Biden's legacy on gay rights, which includes his unexpected endorsement of marriage equality on national television a decade ago when he was vice president. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) FILE - Vice President Joe Biden addresses a Freedom To Marry event in New York, July 9, 2015. President Joe Biden plans to sign legislation this coming week that will protect gay unions even if the Supreme Court revisits its ruling supporting a nationwide right of same-sex couples to marry. It's the latest part of Biden's legacy on gay rights, which includes his unexpected endorsement of marriage equality on national television a decade ago when he was vice president. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
Biden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’ and soon it’ll be law