The office of George W. Bush says the former president doesn’t recall ever offering to officiate a same-sex wedding.
News about the 43rd president’s possible role in a 2013 same-sex marriage in Maine came in a Boston Globe story focused mostly on Jeb Bush, the former president’s younger brother who is preparing his own White House bid…
In the story, there’s a mention of H.B. Provisions, a general store frequented by the extended Bush family that is owned by Bonnie Clement and Helen Thorgalsen, who married in 2013. George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara Bush, attended their wedding, an appearance that earned widespread attention given the Republican Party’s stance that marriage is only between a man and woman. The Globe also reported that George W. Bush had offered to perform the ceremony but had a scheduling conflict.
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