Vice President Joe Biden says he is “absolutely comfortable” with same-sex marriage, a position that appears in contrast to that of President Obama, who has endorsed civil unions but not marriage for same-sex couples. Biden made the remark in an interview on “Meet the Press” with David Gregory.

David Gregory: “You’re comfortable with same-sex marriage now?”

Joe Biden: “Look, I am vice president of the United States of America. The President sets the policy. I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another, all are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don’t see much of a distinction beyond that.”

Gregory: “In a second term, will this administration come out behind same-sex marriage, the institution of marriage?”

Biden: “I can’t speak to that. I don’t know the answer to that.”