into a christian perspective. here he is. the thing, you know, at root that we think about is not only christ sacrificing himself on our behalf but it is also the golden rule, you know, treat others the way you want to be treated. the golden rule, we all learned it, right, treat others the way you want to be treated. you re a christian man. does that resonate with you, what he said? if the golden rule increase ignites with me but not to contradict other things jesus said and he said in matthew 19 that marriage is between one man and one woman. you don t use that rule to skip the institution. god defines what marriage is. society is supposed to implement his definition. when it creates new definitions, it creates chaos. it is written law. whoever owns the family owns the future. we must fight for the family from a biblical standpoint particularly if you say you re a christian christ should have the last word. i understand you re a man of god and go by what is in the bi
captions by vitac www.vitac.com anyone cheering president obama s new stance on same-sex marriage has vice president joe biden to thank. the president himself is now confirming what many had suspected that the vice president forced the president s hand when biden announced his support for gay marriage over the weekend and now we re hearing that s a sore subject at least among some white house insiders. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is working the story for us. what are you hearing over there, jessica? reporter: wolf, there are times when a president is more forgiving than his aides and this may be one of those times. some of the president s top aides are deeply annoyed. they acknowledge the president was going to come out and speak out in favor of same-sex marriage before the democratic convention, but boy, are they frustrated that vice president biden made it happen sooner than they wanted. he was planning to say this some time before the democra
we begin tonight with new details about president obama s personal evolution on a potent political issue, same-sex marriage. i have just concluded that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. with that in that oval office vint with abc news, the president officially switched his position. in 2008, he ran as i acandidate who opposed same-sex marriage. cnn is told he is ready to support it and green light those that want to add language to the 2012 campaign platform. why the switch? i had hesitated on gay marriage in part because i thought civil unions would be sufficient. that that was something that would give people hospital visitation rights and other elements that we take for granted. and, i was sensitive to the fact that for a lot of people, the word marriage was something that o evokes very powerful traditions and religious beliefs. over the course of several years, as i talked
should be able to get married. truly historic and potentially watershed moment as president obama comes out, formally, publicly, enthusiastically in support of gay marriage and with the election less than six months away the political implications are enormous. we ll look at all of the potential fallout. reactions from both sides of this issue pouring in right now into the situation room. we will hear what influential groups and individuals are saying about the president s new position on gay marriage. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we re following the breaking news this hour. president obama announcing his support for same-sex marriage, a move with potentially huge political and social implications. listen to what he told abc news in a white house interview just a little while ago. over the course of several years, as i talk to friends and family and neighbors, when i think about members of my own staff who are i
tennessee to mississippi. the same mitt romney who said auto makers should go bankrupt now is saying this the auto companies needed to go through bankruptcy before government help. and frankly that s finally what the president did. he took them through bankruptcy. that was the right course. it was the uaw and the president that delayed the idea of bankruptcy. i pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy. and finally when that was done can and help was given, the companies got back on their feet. so i ll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry has come back. let s go to jim acosta in michigan. holy switch dps eroo, batman. can you explain romney s line of thinking to us? the romney campaign has been saying this for several weeks now bm. he is making the case that it is the managed bankruptcy process that helped the u.s. auto industry, not the bailout. so h eis, as he said in that interview, taking credit for the survival of the u.s. auto industry. obviously t