(CNN) A second Republican candidate for Mississippi governor said he would not be alone with a woman who is not his wife in a professional or personal setting, after fellow candidate state Rep. Robert Foster's decision to deny a female reporter's request to accompany him on a campaign trip for the same reason. Bill Waller Jr. (AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus)Bill Waller Jr., the former chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, told Mississippi Today that he subscribes to what is known as the " Billy Graham rule," named after the prominent evangelist, in which a man avoids being alone with women other than his wife. I just think in this day and time that appearances are important ... transparency's important. And I think that people need to have the comfort of what's going on in government between employees and people. And there's a lot of social issues out there about that," Waller told the news outlet on Monday.

Source: CNN July 17, 2019 15:14 UTC