Not a Sparkling Day for Newt
GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich started his week on the wrong foot with ill-advised TV tirades and a huge Tiffany tab, but the glitter on the cake came Tuesday when a gay rights advocate dumped a bag of the stuff on Gingrich and his wife Callista.GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich started his week on the wrong foot with ill-advised TV tirades and a huge Tiffany tab, but the glitter on the cake came Tuesday when a gay rights advocate dumped a bag of the stuff on Gingrich and his wife, Callista. They were signing books at an event in Minneapolis when the culprit struck, saying, “Feel the rainbow, Newt. Stop the hate. Stop anti-gay politics. It’s dividing our country and it’s not fixing our economy.” Gingrich’s joking response: “It’s nice to live in a free country.” — KDG
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Before I came out, I thought it was normal to “debate” our right to marry or hold a job. Now I know it’s not—at all.
Churning out cheap rainbow swag during Pride Month is about marketing, not supporting LGBTQ+ people.
The law had been in place since 1861, when the country was still a colony of the British empire.
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