[RightMike]

I do'nt think it was as clear as it could have been. I'ts not that big of deal, just dissapointing.

[AHerald]

It's look like Bush might have been snookered by the question. I can't find any reference in the Republican Party Platform that opposes civil unions. The opposition is against "forcing states to recognize other living arrangements as equivalent to marriage," not civil unions, per se.

In short, it looks as though Gibson misrepresented what was in the party platform and that Bush didn't know the truth of what was in the platform. So there's ultimately nothing for Bush to disagree with in the platform. It is consistent with Bush's views on states' rights.