And it's a real, you know, reversal really for that to accept gay marriage.īush: But I think we could, yeah. I mean, I understand totally what George thinks and what other people think about marriage being between a man and a woman. King: So would that be an area where you disagreed?īush: I guess that would be an area that we disagree. But I also know that, you know, when couples are committed to each other and love each other, that they ought to have I think the same sort of rights that everyone has. I think there are a lot of people who have trouble coming to terms with that because they see marriage as traditionally between a man and a woman. Laura Bush: Well, I think we ought to definitely look at it and debate it. Larry King: Gay marriage, you tell us in the book that during the 2004 campaign you talked to George about not making it a significant issue. But it does show that even within today's Republican party – assuming you can define Laura Bush as a Republican – there is still a fragment of the sensible right remaining. In the current climate within the Republican party, a presidential candidate's wife with such views would probably be stoned to death. All of which puts her slightly to the left of the current occupant of the White House. During the interview she makes it clear that she supports gay marriage and – in some circumstances – a woman's right to choose abortion. Doing the round of TV talkshows, punting her mildly interesting autobiography Spoken from the Heart, Laura Bush last night visited Larry King's CNN chatshow – an ancient US tradition, similar to an incoming British prime minister kissing the Queen's ring.
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