The National Organization for Marriage gleefully announced today that current GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich signed the anti-gay organization’s marriage pledge, according to a press release. So, fellow Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul remains the sole hold out.
GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich and third wife, Calista.
“Mr. Gingrich joins all the other major candidates who have made a similar commitment, save for one,” NOM President Brian Brown said.
Brown made a veiled threat to the Paul campaign. NOM, he said, plans an intense public relations campaign, in order to “inform Iowa voters” who will stand with them.
The pledge requires candidates to support amending the U.S. Constitution, appoint U.S. Attorney General and Supreme Court justices who’ll adhere to the Constitution’s “original meaning,” defend the U.S. Defense of Marriage Act, create a presidential religious liberty commission, and support legislation that would allow District of Columbia to vote on marriage.
Santorum: Gays to Blame for Declining ‘Straight’ Marriage Rates
Taking a page from the likes of Pat Robertson and Oral Roberts—who blamed the GLBT community for natural disasters—GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is blaming it for plummeting “straight” marriage rates, OnTopMagazine reports.
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum
A Pew Research report, released Wednesday, said marriage for adults over 18 has fallen to nearly 50 percent—a 21-percent dip since 1960. Santorum shared his “insight” and the Huffington Post story with nearly 50,000 Twitter followers Wednesday.
“Here is 1 effect of changing definition of marriage,” he tweeted.
Pew researcher D’Vera Cohn didn’t blame gay marriage for the falling numbers. Cohn noted the prevalence of “living together” or choosing to complete education, among other things.
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