3. George H. W. Bush
As the elder Presidential Bush, George H.W. brought a little more to the table than his first born son. Elected in 1989 after Ronald Reagan, Bush continued the reign of Republicans over the country after the 80’s. Bush became involved in politics in the House of Representatives after founding his own oil company. By the age of 40, the Texas oil tycoon had already become a millionaire.
In an interview the elder Bush cited that if he found out that one of his grandchildren was gay he would love them anyways but he did tack on quite the homophobic comment. The President stated that if he found out his grandchild was gay he would let them know that a gay lifestyle wasn’t natural and would talk them out of being gay rights activists. Despite these anti-LGBTQ views George H.W. Bush was kind of a champion of gay rights throughout his time as president and passed anti-hate crime laws that protect LGBTQ people to this day.
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