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Newt Gingrich secures endorsement of anti-gay ‘family’ group he helped fund
Thrice-married Newt Gingrich has secured the endorsement of Don Wildmon, the founder of the vehemently anti-gay American Family Association. One of the cogs in Gingrich’s vast network of business enterprises and front groups, ReAL Action, has provided $125,000 to the AFA’s sister organization, American Family Association Action.
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Gingrich’s message to gay Americans: Vote for Obama
OSKALOOSA, Iowa — At a campaign stop in Oskaloosa, Iowa on Tuesday, GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich told a longtime resident of Oskaloosa that he should vote for President Obama rather than expect his support of gay Americans.
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Gingrich attacks LGBT community on ‘choice,’ marriage, military service
DES MOINES, Iowa — GOP presidential hopeful and front runner, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, on Thursday attacked the LGBTQ community, first on the subject of same-sex marriage, and then on the topics of sexual orientation and the repeal of “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell.”
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Serial adulterer Newt Gingrich vows fidelity, affirms opposition to gay marriage
Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich has affirmed his support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, but stopped short of signing a controversial marriage pledge that calls for “vigorous” opposition to same-sex marriage rights.
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Values Voter Summit: GOP candidates plan weekend with anti-gay activists
This weekend, nearly every major GOP presidential candidate, along with the top two Republicans in the House of Representatives, will speak at the Values Voter Summit, an annual gathering of the leaders of the movement to integrate fundamentalist Christianity and American politics.
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GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich: Gay marriage is ‘a temporary aberration’
FORT DODGE, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Friday called same-sex marriage “a temporary aberration that will dissipate.”
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Romney to share stage with Bryan Fischer; PFAW urges candidates to denounce bigotry
American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer will not only be speaking at the upcoming Values Voter Summit, but will immediately follow Mitt Romney. Today, People For the American Way is calling on Romney and fellow Republican presidential candidates to condemn Fischer’s unmitigated bigotry rather than lending it legitimacy by appearing with him.
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Obama criticizes GOP; candidates mostly dismissive of audience boos of gay soldier
President Barack Obama on Sunday joined the critics with his own lambasting of the GOP presidential contenders, calling out the recent Republican candidate’s debate in which audience members booed a gay service member.
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To the Republicans — We should go back into the political closet
Now that Wednesday night’s Republican Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is history, it is important that we look back at what was said – or more accurately what was not said – during the debate.
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Bachmann target of glitter bomber, third incident against anti-gay GOP candidates
A gay rights activist on Saturday threw glitter at Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) as she left the stage at the RightOnline conference in Minneapolis, the third such incident on an anti-gay Republican presidential candidate in as many weeks.