Lyndon Baines Johnson was known for many things during his illustrious lifetime including taking over the Presidency of the United States of America when JFK was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. But his real legacy is defined by what he did once he formally became the nation's 36th President.

LBJ was a man of the people thanks to his ability to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. Sadly, a large portion of Americans failed to recognize LBJ's efforts on that particular occasion. Yet, further desegregating the nation was a necessity particularly after court rulings such as Brown v. Board of Education came to pass. So how would LBJ handle the contentious issue of gay marriage and gay rights as a whole?

We'll never know LBJ's answer for certain, but his daughters Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson would like to think that he'd be supportive.

The former first-children of the White House were taking part in a sit-down interview with Yahoo! News' Katie Couric when the gay marriage topic was broached by the anchor.

"I think my father felt very strongly that when there was bigotry anywhere, prejudice anywhere, all of us lose out," Johnson stated. "Because it's just one more expression of hate."

But again, no matter how much LBJ's daughters think they know about their father, they ultimately can't put words in the former President's mouth. Robb reiterated that point when she said that: "It's hard to project what Daddy would have thought about that because that wasn't an issue that had come upon the stage at that time."

She went on to add, "But I know he really wanted everybody to be able to live up to the best that God gave them."

Both daughters openly and actively support gay marriage.

"I certainly think that, if God made you a homosexual, that you should have love and affection with somebody," Robb said. "And I would not want to deny anybody that opportunity to be happy."

"It's a great civil rights concern of our day," Johnson went on to say.

Do you agree with the concept of gay marriage? Is it a states' rights issue or should the Supreme Court legalize or ban it once and for all? Let us know your opinions, but keep the discourse civil, in the comments section below.