Walker – who was traveling between campaign stops in Iowa – said that “I think that this isn’t an issue I need to be involved in. And I’m going to spend my time focused on things that I do know and I can work on”.

Since launching his presidential campaign late last week, the Wisconsin governor had been dogged by questions about homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and gays being allowed to serve as scout masters in the Boy Scouts. “I mean to me that’s – I don’t know”.

Walker also expanded upon his comments that the Boy Scouts should keep its ban on gay leadership.

“I believe that Scouting would be better off if they didn’t have openly gay Scoutmasters”, the GOP presidential candidate said on Meet the Press Sunday.

“I don’t know the answer to that question”, Walker said when asked if being gay is a choice.

The Boy Scouts of America has taken steps to end the blanket ban on gay adult leaders and let Scout units set their own policy.

In an interview earlier this month with The Washington Post, Tonette Walker talked about how disappointed their two sons were that her husband called last month’s Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage a “grave mistake”.

When host Chuck Todd asked whether Perry stands by his remarks, he answered, “I do”.

This came just moments after Walker bragged that “one thing that people find unique, I guess, whether you like it or not, is I actually answer questions”.

That story left the impression that Tonette Walker agreed with her sons and disagreed with her husband. “Not because she was torn with me on the position”, Walker said.

Perry, who wrote a book about the Boy Scouts previous year, isn’t the only GOP presidential candidate to support the ban.