[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/newt-gingrich-changes-stance-on-same-sex-marriage\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/newt-gingrich-changes-stance-on-same-sex-marriage\/","headline":"Newt Gingrich Changes Stance on Same-Sex Marriage","name":"Newt Gingrich Changes Stance on Same-Sex Marriage","description":"By Brittny Drye So the world may not have ended but we did wake up to some pretty upside-down news. In a huge reformative statement,...","datePublished":"2012-12-21","dateModified":"2021-06-30","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/newt-gingrich-same-sex-marriage.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/newt-gingrich-same-sex-marriage.jpg","height":300,"width":235},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/newt-gingrich-changes-stance-on-same-sex-marriage\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":370,"articleBody":"By Brittny DryeSo the world may not have ended but we did wake up to some pretty upside-down news. In a huge reformative statement, Newt Gingrich, who has been outwardly opposed to same-sex marriage, told the Huffington Post that he has accepted the fact that gay marriage is, and will continue to be, a part of our society.In perhaps the most sane statement we\u2019ve heard from the former House speaker, he suggested that his fellow Republicans should accept the distinction between a “marriage in a church from a legal document issued by the state”\u2014the latter being acceptable.“I think that this will be much more difficult than immigration for conservatism to come to grips with,” he said, noting that the debate’s dynamics had changed after state referenda began resulting in the legalization of same-sex marriage. “It is in every family. It is in every community. The momentum is clearly now in the direction in finding some way to… accommodate and deal with reality. And the reality is going to be that in a number of American states\u2014and it will be more after 2014\u2014gay relationships will be legal, period.”Just this past year while seeking the Republican nomination, he went on record comparing same-sex marriage to pagan behaviors and that they are \u201ca fundamental violation of our civilization.\u201d He also signed an Iowa conservative group\u2019s pledge to support the Defense of Marriage Act and to seek a federal constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage.But after the election result reality check, he has raised the white flag and admitted that, though he doesn\u2019t personally agree with it, he can\u2019t argue the that public opinion has shifted and that same-sex marriage in inevitable.\u201cI didn\u2019t think that [marriage equality] was inevitable 10 or 15 years ago, when we passed the Defense of Marriage Act,\u201d he said. \u201cIt didn\u2019t seem at the time to be anything like as big a wave of change as we are now seeing.\u201d\u00a0Photo: newtgingrich2012.com\u00a0\u00a0Brittny Drye is the senior editor at Equally Wed, the nation’s premier online magazine for gay and lesbian weddings and honeymoons. Follow her on Twitter at @BrittnyDrye or drop her a line directly. "},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Newt Gingrich Changes Stance on Same-Sex Marriage","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/newt-gingrich-changes-stance-on-same-sex-marriage\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]