I really wouldn’t equate Laura’s actual quote (”But I also know that when couples are committed to each other and love each other that they ought to have the same sort of rights that everyone else has”)as being pro-Gay Marriage, I would classify it as pro-Marriage Equality - giving the same legal protections to same-sex couples, not necessarily the title of “marriage” I think many people would support giving civil unions the same medical, tax, inheritance rights as marriage.
Don’t pretend, Laura Bush knew what she was being asked and she answered yes, she also supports abortion, and she wants the young people of America, to know that.
Pretty much the way I see it. In fact, I think it is pretty much a moot point now. Texas vs. Lawrence knocked the foundation out of any government interest in policing sexual morality among consenting adults.
I would. She is saying that the rights pertaining to the unique state of marriage -- a social phenomenon existing prior to any human law -- ought to be accessible to pseudo-marriage. Authentic marriage is endowed by human law with certain unique privileges because authentic marriage serves a unique social purpose. Buggery is (mostly) a private matter and contributes nothing to society. That is why buggery has no business calling upon society to recognize it with privileges it does not and cannot do anything to deserve.
Laura Bush has never been a conservative.