While campaigning in Iowa, Cate Edwards stated her support for marriaqe equality for same sex couples. Her father, Presidential Candidate John Edwards, supports civil unions for same sex couples, but has not gone as far as to support full marriage equality.

Cate is the second member of the Edwards clan to come out in favor of marriage equality. John Edward's wife Elizabeth Edwards stated her support for marriage equality last June at a breakfast reception organized by the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club in San Francisco.

The Iowa Independent reports that Cate Edwards shared her views while campaigning in Iowa, appearing with Edwards supporter James Denton (Desperate Housewives). Cate Edwards, currently enrolled in Harvard Law School, stated "Children don't always agree with their parents -- it might be a little creepy if they did."