Laura Bush in Gay Marriage Ad Gets Tweetful Attention

Laura Bush has asked to be removed from a television ad that promotes gay marriage after a clip of of the former first lady was included in the spot without her permission, and that has produced a lot of online tweeting and squawking.

Bush wasn't the only prominent face to appear in the Respect of Marriage Coalition spot — Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, and Barack Obama all show their faces. So far, however, Bush been the only one to express displeasure.

"When couples are committed, they ought to have I think the same sort of rights everyone has," Bush says in the ad that hit TV screens on Wednesday. That snippet was lifted from a 2010 Larry King interview with Bush, who was promoting a book she had written:“Laura Bush: Spoken From the Heart.”

Some on Twitter were quick to remind Bush of that inconvenience.

LauraBush wants out of#marriageequality ad / But she wanted IN when selling her BOOK! SEE her in AD here tinyurl.com/aulx7qt #uniteblue

— LOrion (@LOrion) February 22, 2013

Is Laura Bush now ashame of her same sex comments? Or was she just trying to be P C then?

— lvbgsiz (@lvbgsiz) February 22, 2013

Few supported Bush online and there was a general undercurrent of disapproval across the web.
 

Actually, do we want Laura Bush's advice about marriage :(

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 21, 2013

4 equality not always pro gay marriage. Activists m/disagree b hurts cause more than helps to use ppl w/o permission huff.to/138k06A

— Leon of DE (@leon_fan) February 22, 2013

Poor Laura Bush, caught between a rock (personal sense of morality) and a hard place (Republican politics)!

— GeneTouchet (@GeneTouchet) February 22, 2013

Some wondered why Bush would backtrack on the issue.

huff.to/WZ3PUr And I was becoming optimistic about prominent Republicans for a second there. Dodged that bullet, I guess.

— wilkie (@wilkieii) February 22, 2013

What is #LauraBush so fearful of to request removal of her once-supportive statements on Marriage Equality? Oh, well; lousy FL anyway.

— Kathy Bretz (@ThankYouAl) February 22, 2013

Laura Bush: Remove me from pro-gay marriage ad news.msn.com/politics/laura… Why? Is she ashamed that she's on the right side of history?

— heaven Shaffer (@HeavenShaffer) February 22, 2013

I wonder if anybody has ever told Laura Bush she is allowed to have an opinion, even one that doesn't match her husband's.

— Jess (@glitter4goals) February 22, 2013

The ad is being replaced with a version not including Bush.