Laura Bush is a RINO. I'm glad she didn't interject herself into politics like the baboon we have as the first lady now.
--- On Fri, 5/14/10, Adam Buckland <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Adam Buckland <[email protected]> > Subject: [OT] Laura Bush admits supporting gay marriage and abortion rights > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, May 14, 2010, 4:13 AM > > > Laura Bush has admitted secretly supporting gay marriage > and abortion > rights during her husband's eight years as president. > > > > The former first lady said she kept quiet so as not to be > seen backing > measures which George W Bush had strongly opposed and used > to galvanise > support during his election campaigns. > > > > Mrs Bush said in a television interview that the couple > shared their > disagreements in private but were not "argumentative". > > > > "I understand his viewpoint and he understands mine," she > said. "I think > we ought to look at gay marriage and debate it. A lot of > people have > trouble coming to terms with it, because they see marriage > traditionally > as a man and woman. But I also know that when couples are > committed to > each other and love each other, they ought to have the same > sort of > rights that everyone has." > > > > Asked if the US could accept gay marriage, she told CNN: "I > think we > could ... It's also a generational thing." > > > > Mrs Bush said she didn't discuss the issues when her > husband was > president because she was rarely asked about them. > > > > She recalled the turmoil she faced when asked about her > views on the > Supreme Court judgment that legalised abortion during an > interview on > her husband's inauguration day in 2001. > > > > But in the interview with CNN this week she was more > expansive, saying > that abortion should "remain legal, because I think it's > important for > people, for medical reasons and other reasons". > > > > In her recently published memoir, Spoken from the Heart, > Mrs Bush said > that she spoke to her husband "about not making gay > marriage a > significant issue" in the 2004 election. > > > > "We have, I reminded him, a number of close friends who are > gay or whose > children are gay," she wrote. > > > > Mr Bush endorsed a constitutional amendment banning > same-sex marriage > after Massachusetts became the first state to allow gays > and lesbians to > wed. He also refused to sign a United Nations statement > condemning the > criminalisation of homosexuality. > > > > In 2004, several states put referendums on gay marriage on > the ballot > alongside the vote for president in what was seen as an > attempt to turn > out Right-wing and evangelical voters. > > > > Michael Cole, spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, the > leading US > gay rights group, said: "When the Right-wing was using > same-sex couples > as election year pawns we would have welcomed support from > the first > lady. Nevertheless, her speaking out now for marriage > equality shows > that more and more Americans realise all families need the > same rights > and protections." > > > > Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organisation for > Women, said: > "Every first lady has to make choices on what they will > take a public > stance on, and she is not the elected official. But I am > thrilled she is > now going public with her views." > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
