Newt’s Gay Half Sister } 'He is in The Wrong Side of History'

The gay half-sister of the ex-House Speaker said Wednesday she’s going to stick with President Obama because of her sibling’s stance on same-sex marriage



 Candace Gingrich-Jones on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show on Dec. 7.
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Candace Gingrich-Jones on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show on Dec. 7.
Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Speaker of the House and Republican presidential candidate has voiced disapproval over same-sex marriage.
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Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Speaker of the House and Republican presidential candidate has voiced disapproval over same-sex marriage.

Newt Gingrich might be confident he's got the votes to be the Republican presidential nominee, but he may have trouble convincing his own family to support him
The gay half-sister of the ex-House Speaker said Wednesday she’s going to stick with President Obama because of her sibling’s stance on same-sex marriage.
"He is definitely on the wrong side of history when it comes to those issues," Candace Gingrich-Jones told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.
Gingrich-Jones, a gay rights activist at the Human Rights Campaign, said she and her half-brother are "mutually respectful" of each other, but she would "work really, really hard to make sure that President Obama is re-elected next year no matter who the Republican candidate is."
Gingrich, who has surged ahead as a top-tier candidate, is known for his views against gay marriage.
"I believe that marriage is between a man and woman," he told a crowd at Fort Dodge in Iowa in September. "It has been for all of recorded history."
Gingrich-Jones, 45, who shares the same mother with the presidential hopeful, said although Gingrich was invited to her wedding, he chose not to attend.
"At the end of the day, we are a family and that's important," she said. "The catch is that when we leave the dinner table or leave the Christmas gathering, you know he and [his wife\] Callista still have way more rights than my wife and Rebecca and I do."


 

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