Republican presidential candidate Jeb
Bush said Wednesday that he would serve as a witness at a same-sex
wedding of someone he loved.
During an ABC World News Tonight
interview conducted in Iowa, Bush was asked how he hopes the Supreme
Court will rule in a case challenging gay marriage bans in four
states.
“I hope that they decide that the
states should make this decision,” he answered.
“We saw your parents, we saw your
father as a witness to a same-sex marriage in Maine. And I'm curious
would you witness a same-sex marriage if asked?” David Muir asked.
“Sure I would,” Bush answered. “I
would if they were friends and I cared for them, of course, I would.”
Former President George H.W. Bush and
his wife Barbara served as official witnesses at the wedding of a
lesbian couple in 2013.
Other Republican presidential
candidates have said that they would attend the wedding of a loved
one, including Florida
Senator Marco Rubio and former
Texas Governor Rick Perry, while Rick
Santorum said that attending such a ceremony would be a “violation
of his faith.” Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a presumed
candidate, has attended the wedding reception of a gay relative.