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Of all the stories spinning about Newt Gingrich’s victory in the SC Republican primary, the strangest has to be the congratulations he received from the National Organization for Marriage. From the NOM president Brian Brown, courtesy of the organization’s blog:It is now clear that the Republican Party will nominate a candidate who is strongly committed to preserving marriage as the union of one man and one woman,” Brown said. “We have succeeded in making the preservation of marriage a key issue in this race, and we will continue to do so throughout the primary season, and into the general election against President Obama.”
NOM is dancing in the streets because Gingrich was one of the candidates to sign it’s silly “Marriage Pledge.”
However, NOM seems to omit the simple fact that Newt Gingrich is a man with sordid history of marriage rivaling that of Henry VIII of England.
In all honesty, it is not known whether or not NOM has commented on Gingrich’s three marriages or the interesting stories coming from those three marriages such as:
He cheated on his first wife with his then second wife.
He cheated on his second wife with his now third wife. And this was going on while he was pursuing the impeachment of Bill Clinton chiefly because of indiscretions with Monica Lewinsky?
He also allegedly wanted an open marriage with his second wife because he felt that there was ” more than enough Newt” to go around.
And I won’t even mention the ugliness about the divorce proceedings during the cancer of his first wife.
The fact that NOM wraps its homophobic talons around Gingrich regardless of his controversial marital history speaks to the further lack of integrity of the organization’s message. And makes one wonder does NOM really want to preserve marriage or keep it away from those allegedly “dirty homosexuals” regardless of assurances by former NOM head Maggie Gallagher that NOM is not interested in being anti-gay?
I mean come on. Are gays and lesbians really putting marriage in danger or does the danger truly lie with the fact that some folks – one who shall remain nameless – can’t keep it in their pants.
It’s obvious that if Gingrich is interested in, as NOM claims, preserving marriage as the union between one man and one woman, he seems to think that he is exempt from the rule.
And it’s even more obvious that NOM’s silence regarding his, shall we say, indiscretions is signalling that the organization is turning a blind eye to his past behavior.
I knew NOM was fake, highly hypocritical, and full of empty platitudes but DAMN!
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Perhaps we should now call it NOOM: National Organization for Open Marriage.
Oh hey, I fixed it to reflect the change in the organization’s name and mission:
Press Release: NOOM Congratulates Newt Gingrich on South Carolina Win
January 21, 2012 at 8:21 pm
Former Speaker of the House has signed NOOM’s Open Marriage Pledge
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Brian Brown, the president of the National Organization for Open Marriage (NOOM) today congratulated GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich on his victory in the South Carolina primary.
“NOOM congratulates Newt Gingrich on his impressive come-from-behind victory in South Carolina.” said Brown. “We have had three different victors in state contests thus far — Rick Santorum in Iowa, Mitt Romney in New Hampshire and now Newt Gingrich in South Carolina. What all these states have in common is that they all have picked candidates who have histories demonstrating their acceptance of open marriage: Gingrich, through his request to his second wife and his welcoming of the nickname Swingrich; Santorum, through refusing to condemn his wife’s previous longterm unmarried sexual relationship, and through his protesting perhaps too much about gay relationships; and Romney, through his embrace of a religion which has historically supported polygamy. They are all winners and NOOM supports each of them.”
Gingrich, Santorum and Romney have each signed NOOM’s Open Marriage Pledge, which commits signatories, if elected, to taking specific steps toward preserving the institution of marriage as the union between one man and multiple women. Rep. Ron Paul is the only remaining Republican presidential candidate not to have signed the pledge and not to have demonstrated any support of open marriage in his personal life, and he is not considered to have any realistic chance of becoming the Republican nominee.
“It is now clear that the Republican Party will nominate a candidate who is strongly committed to preserving marriage as the union of one man and multiple women,” Brown said. “We have succeeded in making the preservation of open marriage a key issue in this race, and we will continue to do so throughout the primary season, and into the general election against President Obama, who, as his own marriage demonstrates, clearly supports only monogamous marriage.”
“However, NOM seems to omit the simple fact that Newt Gingrich is a man with sordid history of marriage rivaling that of Henry VIII of England.”
Good one, Alvin! Thanks for the chuckle!
Yes Mr. Brown, and assuming that either Mr. Romney or Mr. Gingrich is the nominee, it is also clear that the Republican Party will also nominate a candidate who is not married according to the Christian Bible. Obviously a good Christian cannot regard a Mormon “temple sealing” as a marriage and, although the Vatican is sure Mr. Gingrich’s first two marriages were invalid (or it wouldn’t have allowed Newt and that “good Catholic” Calista to marry in the Church), other Christians are not bound to follow Mr. Ratzinger’s decision in the matter.
So in order to “protect marriage” NOM is also willing to support either a man who is on his third marriage or a fornicator who is himself the grandson of hedonistic polygamous Mormons. Thus NOM proves yet again that it is entirely unwilling to criticize any decision on “marriage” made by a straight white guy, but totally unwilling to accept any legal recognition of same-sex relationships, but they’re not anti-gay at all, right?
Absurd. And I think the people of South Carolina should be ashamed of themselves. Gingrich is the embodiment of the saying “Do as I say, not as I do”.
“Marriage is between one man and one woman, occasionally tainted by the patriotism of the man, which will drive him to adultery”
And, all ye Patriotic Prots, it is not as if Gingrigh was ever really married before; after all, he appealed to Rome for release from his previous ones and permission to marry Callista.