Jeb Bush hires former head of anti-gay campaign group ahead of possible 2016 Presidential Election campaign

Jeb Bush, a potential Republican presidential candidate, has hired anti-gay campaigner Jordan Sekulow.

The brother of former Preisdent George W. Bush has appointed the former executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice.

The ACLJ was criticised for “endangering the lives and dignity of LGBT people” around the world in 2013, when named in the Human Rights Watch’s 2013 Hall of Shame.

Sekulow will join Bush’s Right to Rise political action commitee as a senior advisor, where he will work alongside openly gay colleagues.

“It is time for conservatives to start talking to all Americans about how we, as a nation, can lead again at home and abroad,” he said in a statement.

“I am excited to begin a conversation with conservatives about Governor Bush’s pro-life, pro-family, tax-cutting record in Florida and the ideas we need to put into action to give every American a chance to rise up.”

Bush was recently praised for several appointments he had made, including that of David Kochel, who reports suggest has since stepped back on his vocal support of same-sex marriage.

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