WATCH: Rachel Maddow Interviews the Bears Behind Jeb Bush Website

CJ Phillips and Charlie Rainwater are holding onto JebBushforPresident.com for as long as they can.

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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A self-described "high-tech bear couple" appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show Tuesday, discussing their reasoning for buying and maintaining JebBushforPresident.com.

While living in Austin in 2008, the couple watched several antigay laws enacted in Texas and throughout the country. "[We thought] wouldn't it be funny if we could use Jeb Bush's name to educate people on LGBT issues," Phillips told Maddow. Eight dollars later the domain name was theirs. They haven't done much with the site so far, but they're hoping to use it as a forum to illustrate the hardships same-sex couples face in the U.S.

Watch the interview below.