USA - Former US President Jimmy Carter said Sunday that Jesus would approve of gay marriage and certain abortions in an interview with HuffPost Live. Speaking of his faith, Mr Carter said in his career as a politician he never ran across “any really serious conflicts between my political obligations and my religious faith.” Asked about gay marriage, he replied that it is “no problem with me. I think everybody should have a right to get married regardless of their sex. Regarding whether he thinks Jesus would approve of gay marriage, Carter replied “I don’t have any verse in Scripture,” but added, “I believe that Jesus would approve of gay marriage. I think Jesus would encourage any love affair if it was honest and sincere and was not damaging to anyone else and I don’t see that gay marriage damages anyone else,” he said.