Originally Posted by Mike33

I wasn't clear on that either.They both support same sex benefits but neither supports same sex marriage. I guess they believe what you call it is a personal matter and do not agree with redefining marriage as anything other than union between man and woman. So for all intents and purposes gays can get 'married' and would be fine with both candidates.

From the transcript:

BIDEN: Absolutely. Do I support granting same-sex benefits? Absolutely positively. Look, in an Obama-Biden administration, there will be absolutely no distinction from a constitutional standpoint or a legal standpoint between a same-sex and a heterosexual couple.

The fact of the matter is that under the Constitution we should be granted -- same-sex couples should be able to have visitation rights in the hospitals, joint ownership of property, life insurance policies, et cetera. That's only fair.

IFILL: Let's try to avoid nuance, Senator. Do you support gay marriage?

BIDEN: No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage. We do not support that. That is basically the decision to be able to be able to be left to faiths and people who practice their faiths the determination what you call it.

IFILL: Is that what your said?

PALIN: Your question to him was whether he supported gay marriage and my answer is the same as his and it is that I do not.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/...te.transcript/