THE TELEGRAPH: 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." >>> Alex Spillius in Washington | Thursday, May 13, 2010
