Mr. Bush also is no friend to the LGBT community. While in office, he consistently opposed gay marriage. In 2004, he endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage in Florida. Mr. Bush also opposed gay adoption: he supported a 2001 federal judge’s ruling that upheld Florida’s ban on gay adults adopting, and the next year, he reaffirmed his position in a gubernatorial debate, saying: “If you’re going to have permanency, it should be with a loving couple that is a man and a wife. That is the law of this land, it’s in the courts, but I also believe that personally.” The adoption ban was struck down as unconstitutional in 2010.