UK: Gingrich family drama

PJ: Family values in the GOP seem to extend only to a narrow view of the term 'family'. They salute "Christian" family values as long as said Christians are straight. They hold up the 'family' as sacred...as long as said family consists of a husband and wife, no single parented households need apply. It does not seem to influence their world view when children who have grown up in families homes with gay parents turn out to be well-adjusted, upstanding members of their communities or when children raised by single parents become pillars of society. They seem to snub those who fall outside of their moral views, reinventing themselves after committing what they, themselves, consider moral sins. Love Thy Neighbor Newt? How about love they sister?

The Guardian

Newt Gingrich's gay sister backs Obama for 2012

Candace Gingrich-Jones says she disagrees with her brother on gay rights issues

Reuters

The gay half-sister of Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has criticised his position on gay rights, saying she will support Barack Obama in the 2012 election.

Candace Gingrich-Jones, a gay rights activist, said in an interview with MSNBC that she and her older half-brother, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, were "mutually respectful" but disagree on gay rights.

"He is definitely on the wrong side of history when it comes to those issues," Gingrich-Jones said.

She said she would "work really, really hard to make sure that President Obama is re-elected next year no matter who the Republican candidate is".

Gingrich's campaign nearly sputtered to a halt last summer, but he has recently risen to the top of the polls in the Republican contest to choose a nominee to face Obama in the 2012 election.

Gingrich is known for his socially conservative views and has said he opposes gay marriage. Gingrich-Jones, a director at the Human Rights Campaign, a gay advocacy group, said he did not attend her wedding.

A spokesman for Gingrich was not immediately available for comment.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/08/newt-gingrich-gay-sister-obama