Biden OK with equal rights for married gay couples

WASHINGTON — Vice Pres­i­dent Joe Biden says he’s “absolutely com­fort­able” with gay cou­ples who marry get­ting the same civil rights and lib­er­ties as het­ero­sex­ual cou­ples, a stand that gay rights advo­cates inter­preted as an endorse­ment of same-sex marriage.