Just look at the recent face of NOM – Maggie Gallagher, a woman who had a child out of wedlock, later married another man who is never seen with her and doesn’t wear a wedding ring.

Her own son is supportive of the gay community unlike his mother.

Let us remember that Gingrich did not simply “have an affair” with his current wife – he actually put her on his payroll when he was Speaker of the House. That means he was paying a woman to have sex with him – as close to prostitution as you can legally get, no? But it’s OK, because when Gingrich converted to Catholicism at his current wife’s request, the Church decided his first two marriages didn’t count (despite the first one producing two daughters) and annulled them, so Gingrich and the current Mrs. are validly married within the Church. Perhaps that’s why NOM uses them, they are basically a Catholic front organization, so they likely take the Church’s stance that his current marriage is his actual only marriage.

Let’s face it — the likes of Gingrich is all they’ve got left.

Catch 22: Newt genuinely repented and is truly sorry. (or so he says). And he hasn’t violated his marriage vows lately. (or so he says). So, he has followed the directive to “Go and sin no more.” (or so he says)..

Whereas, so many people who have homosexual sex these days refuse to repent and either stay celibate or marry someone of the opposite gender (and thereby very like ruin the life of their opposite gender spouse).

Please don’t kill the messenger. I am pro equal rights, as all my prior posts on the subject indicate.

I am not saying that I am in agreement with the first two paragraphs of this post. I am saying only that a Christian can rationalize Newt’s three marriages and his cheating in two of those with his claim of being pro-traditional marriage.

Another rationalization: You can be for or against something intellectually and morally and still violate your own beliefs. For example, many people, hetero and not, have cheated on their partners. While quite of a few them might say it was justified in their own individual situation, very few claim to be pro-cheating as a general principle.

This is also known sometimes as “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak,” or more simply as “yielding to temptation.”

But, is any of that really the issue anyway? What if Gingrich had never strayed, but took an anti-gay marriage stance? His stance would still be wrong, wouldn’t it?

“Christians” can rationalize any untoward behavior, and will — after all, we’re all sinners and Jesus will forgive them, so they can say or do whatever will further their agenda. Real Christians, and most of the rest of us, on the other hand, have assimilated the idea that we should behave decently to begin with.

Not to take issue with your explanation, but the hypocrisy involved in holding Gingrich up as an advocate is appalling. There’s something in there, I think, about being the first to cast stones.

Also remember that he cheated on his wife while trying to impeach Clinton for sleeping around

I had no idea that Gingrich had two annulled marriages. Anyway, that does jibe with a comment I read recently that the Catholic Church does a pretty brisk business in annulments.

One thing I find amazing here is that this comment on NOM’s blog ever got through in the first place. If it hasn’t been scrubbed by now, I’d be even more surprised…

Christians can rationalize anything. Perhaps they could let him get away with sinning the first time, but the second? Didn’t Jesus say, “go and sin no more?” He didn’t say “just keep doin’ it fellas and when you need to repent for public relations reasons, just confess your sin and, hey!, no problem!”

So, Portman said he changed his position due to his son’s orientation. But, did he explain why it took him 2 years after his some came out to have his change of heart? Is there a fear of being primary’d?

Newt is hypocrisy personified. Is there anything new here? Didn’t think so…

Please to be bearing in mind that when the Roman Catholic Church decided to “annul” his two previous LONG marriages (1962-1980 and 1981-2000) the children were rendered illegitimate in the eyes of the Church. Not that ol’ Newt gives a flying fuck about that, of course…

He really is in the George W. class of Who cares what he has to say?
Such a blow hard.

Yeah and I hear that Callista is really reeeeeeaaaaallly damn s**king good at the blow hards…

Who cares? Newters is lying fetid POS. He’ll bark for anyone’s money. Talk about being a whore…

For Newt, first marriages are between a boy and his high-school geometry teacher.

Newt ?..must be a slow day in the news room…