Republican primary candidate Newt Gingrich reportedly told a gay man, and long time Iowa resident, that he should cast his vote for President Obama. That's right, in a state where LGBT issues have been front and center in recent years- Newt doesn't want the gay vote.
“I asked him if he’s elected, how does he plan to engage gay Americans. How are we to support him? And he told me to support Obama,” commented Scott Arnold, who serves as an adjunct professor of writing at William Penn University.”
Arnold, who has previously voted Democratic in past elections, knew full well that Gingrich has a reputation of being far right on same-sex issues, but wanted to engage the candidate in a genuine conversation about how Gingrich would serve the gay voters of Iowa. Unfortunately, Gingrich didn't even have to decency to respond with an intelligent answer.
“When you ask somebody a question and you expect them to support all Americans and have everyone’s general interest,” Arnold said. “It’s a little bit frustrating and disheartening when you’re told to support the other side. That he doesn’t’ need your support.”
Gingrich is the absolute last person who should be making judgment calls on other people's lifestyles. After all, Gingrich has been married three times. Two of those marriages ended due to Gingrich's infidelity. Furthermore, Gingrich represents moral hypocrisy in one of its highest forms by leading the witch hunt against former President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal--all the while sleeping around on his own wife!
Gingrich even has a half sister who is a lesbian, and a wife whose clown makeup and perfectly coiffed hair make her look like a drag queen at times, yet still Gingrich has never warmed up to the issue. Gingrich continues to be a staunch supporter of a federal constitutional amendment that would ban marriage rights for same-sex couples.
“It doesn’t inspire hope at all,” Arnold said of Gingrich’s statements. “And if that’s what he’s trying to do and that’s what he’s trying to say, that this is a collective effort if he’s elected president, yet he tells me to support the other side?”
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| Scott Arnold (Jason Clayworth/The Register) |
Arnold, who has previously voted Democratic in past elections, knew full well that Gingrich has a reputation of being far right on same-sex issues, but wanted to engage the candidate in a genuine conversation about how Gingrich would serve the gay voters of Iowa. Unfortunately, Gingrich didn't even have to decency to respond with an intelligent answer.
“When you ask somebody a question and you expect them to support all Americans and have everyone’s general interest,” Arnold said. “It’s a little bit frustrating and disheartening when you’re told to support the other side. That he doesn’t’ need your support.”
Gingrich is the absolute last person who should be making judgment calls on other people's lifestyles. After all, Gingrich has been married three times. Two of those marriages ended due to Gingrich's infidelity. Furthermore, Gingrich represents moral hypocrisy in one of its highest forms by leading the witch hunt against former President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal--all the while sleeping around on his own wife!
Gingrich even has a half sister who is a lesbian, and a wife whose clown makeup and perfectly coiffed hair make her look like a drag queen at times, yet still Gingrich has never warmed up to the issue. Gingrich continues to be a staunch supporter of a federal constitutional amendment that would ban marriage rights for same-sex couples.
“It doesn’t inspire hope at all,” Arnold said of Gingrich’s statements. “And if that’s what he’s trying to do and that’s what he’s trying to say, that this is a collective effort if he’s elected president, yet he tells me to support the other side?”
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