Loading...
|| News ||
Page 1 of 1

Gingrich Back to Divisive Tactics

Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich characterized Prop. 8 protesters as part of a fascist movement in America during an appearance on The O'Reilly Factor on November 14. Gingrich, who is also a contributor to Fox News, was talking to host Bill O'Reilly about the demonstrations after the election, in which California voters decided to ban same-sex marriage.


Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich characterized Prop. 8 protesters as part of a fascist movement in America during an appearance on The O'Reilly Factor on November 14. Gingrich, who is also a contributor to Fox News, was talking to host Bill O'Reilly about the demonstrations after the election, in which California voters decided to ban same-sex marriage.

"I think there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us, is prepared to use violence, to use harassment," he said, according to video acquired by Media Matters, a watchdog group. "I think it is prepared to use the government if it can get control of it. I think that it is a very dangerous threat to anybody who believes in traditional religion."

Gingrich said that after Massachusetts opened up marriage to gay couples, the state "basically [drove] the Catholic Church out of running adoption services" because the church would not consider prospective gay parents. (Michelle Garcia, The Advocate)

Click here to follow The Advocate on Twitter. Page 1 of 1
Reader Comments
  • Name: Ken B
    Date posted: 11/20/2008 11:25:00 AM
    Hometown: Loksbergen, Belgium

    Comment:

    I must have woken up on another planet....isn't this what the Christian Right have been doing since 1980? At least he is honest that it is a Religious vs Secular issue and the last time I read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence I thought our founding fathers wanted a secular state and did not want religion dictating politics.

  • Name: David
    Date posted: 11/19/2008 11:42:00 PM
    Hometown: L.A.

    Comment:

    Perfectly Orwellian Lie -- exactly the opposite of the facts. It's the Religious Right and NeoCons who would like to control the government to impose their "values" on everyone else.

  • Name: Christopher
    Date posted: 11/19/2008 9:49:00 PM
    Hometown: Phoenix

    Comment:

    Every definition of fascism I've ever seen says right wing and intolerant. Well, Newt knows fascism, He is employing the tactics favored by THE fascist of all time,,,“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it” (Adolf Hitler)

  • Name: Beau
    Date posted: 11/19/2008 9:00:00 PM
    Hometown: Los Angeles

    Comment:

    The frightening truth is that Gingrich and his fellow travelers have an audience, that audience listens to their leaders, and those leaders will use their power to hurt and harm others. We can't discount these people as blowhards, crack-pots, or has-beens, and we can't ignore the power of their hatred. The population of California did that earlier this month and the GLBT population lost their civil rights. People saw the power of hate when it was too late to stop it. Left unchecked, Gingrich and his cohorts will continue until gays, lesbians, and all other people they target are stripped of their rights, named as unfit citizens, and dealt with in ways we can't even begin to imagine.

  • Name: Andre
    Date posted: 11/19/2008 7:50:00 PM
    Hometown: Los Angeles

    Comment:

    Oh now that's tje pot calling the kettle black. How can someone who leaves his ill wife for a younger woman (adultery I think it's called), practically disowns his lesbian sister (or was it she should have disowned him????), and comes just short of Karl Rove in the ethics department, have the nerve to even call any protesting group facists...... Listen, Eye of the Newt, judge not least; ye be judged....

  • Name: Jay
    Date posted: 11/19/2008 5:59:00 PM
    Hometown: Nashville, TN

    Comment:

    Good ole Newt. He hasn't learned a thing about civility during his long down time. Some Repubs are talking about him being their next presidential candidate in 2012. Keep talking Newt; maybe Palin can be your running mate, too! What a maroon!

  • Name: christian
    Date posted: 11/19/2008 4:42:00 PM
    Hometown: Atlanta

    Comment:

    Gringrich, Palin, Rush, and O’Reilly are the best things to happen to America and maybe the future of America. Each time they speak, they become even more and more irrelevant to our new diverse population and they bring us more and more center of the road as a nation. It’s important that we continue to hear what they have to say, even if we don’t like it. Because it reminds us all how life would have been had we elected these crazy old men. When conservative columnist floated Gringrich’s name around last week as a possible leader to help the GOP change, not one GOP Governor mentioned his name as a realistic option. Not even his own party thinks he is relevant anymore.

  • Name: Rndmacts
    Date posted: 11/19/2008 4:21:00 PM
    Hometown: Ottawa, Canada

    Comment:

    Wow, I love when blow hards demonstrate their ignorance, the Newt uses the expression secular fascism to describe the gay movement. Then we move in very exhalted circles, because the men who framed the Declaration of Independence were also secular fascist's. Doesn't the Newt know that secular means of this earth, a non religous aspect, the Declaration of Independance also seperates the aspect of governance from religous interference. And as far as fascist go, the Newt is closer to Mussolini's belief's than any gay person I know. So if Americans wish to listen to someone with a sixth grade education, and follow his lead then your nation is in more trouble than just the economic turmoil that exists today. Oh Yeah, it was his policies which started the current financial problems being experienced.

  • Name: Ted Hayes
    Date posted: 11/19/2008 3:45:00 PM
    Hometown: Stone Ridge, NY

    Comment:

    He believes in traditional religion and traditional marriage? How many times has he been married? Didn't he allegedly leave a very ill wife for another? "Morality is doing what is right no matter what you have been told. Religion is doing what you have been told no matter what is right." (Author unknown). Wonder where nutsy Newt fits into that statement.

  • Name: Terre
    Date posted: 11/19/2008 3:42:00 PM
    Hometown: San Luis Obispo

    Comment:

    Larry, you hit the nail square on its head. Let's see if Gingrich's sister disowns the old blowhard for failing to return her support for him all the years she stayed in the closet. The strategy in CA and elsewhere needs to include legal prosecution of the churches that paid for the ads for prop 8. They committed copyright and nonprofit violations among other crimes in commission of their commercials. EXPOSE THE LIES. Many religious followers will be horrified to learn how their leaders lied and will challenge the leadership from within.



More Online Only
  • Film Teen Spirit

    While Native American cultures have long honored people of integrated genders, a new documentary looks at a shocking hate crime against a two-gendered Colorado teenager.

  • Politicians L.A. Confidential

    What's it like to be 33, gay, and one of the most powerful people in America's second-largest city? Stressful, says Matt Szabo, the new deputy chief of staff to Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

  • Commentary Love Bites for Twilight's Gay Fans

     

    Gay fanpires are sure to flock to New Moon, but with questions lingering about author Stephanie Meyer and the cash she gives to the Mormon Church, Mike Albo wonders if we'd be better off tying a clove of garlic around our necks.


  • Youth Church Opens Doors for Homeless Gay Teens

    A church-turned-shelter for homeless youth in Queens, New York is a far cry from sleeping on the streets after a $200,000 renovation and a partnership with the Ali Forney Center for LGBT youth.

  • Music France's Latest Export

    He's opened for Britney and Katy Perry, kept Dita Von Teese company in the front row at Paris Fashion Week, and gets name-checked on Twitter by Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, and Sarah Silverman. So who the hell is Sliimy, anyway?

  • Marriage Equality Triumph in the Tar Heel State

    The loss of marriage equality in Maine was a major blow on Election Night, but down the coast in North Carolina there was an LGBT victory. Pam Spaulding talks to Chapel Hill's mayor-elect, Mark Kleinschmidt.

  • Theater Video Content Flag Puppet Masters

    When performance-art drag diva Joey Arias combines forces with master puppeteer Basil Twist, anything — no, seriously, anything — can happen.

  • News Softball With Oprah and Palin

     

    Dave White recaps as Oprah plays nice with Palin in her exclusive, personality-rehabbing interview. Topics include Katie Couric ("badgering"), Levi Johnston ("Ricky Hollywood"), and step class ("gee, it's fun").

  • News View From Washington: Frank Tells

    This week Congressman Barney Frank laid out a plan and a timetable for repealing "don't ask, don't tell..." and a reminder that he's been saying it would happen in 2010 from the beginning.

  • News Features Where's Mitrice?

     

    Mitrice Richardson is a 4.0 student, a former beauty pageant contestant, and a lesbian. She’s also been missing since September, and her family and girlfriend want answers. 


     

  • Theater Seat Filler

    The Advocate’s queen on the New York theater scene meets bisexual conjoined twins, pits Sienna Miller against Jude Law, tastes Cheyenne Jackson’s Rainbow, and saves up for a rainy day with Hugh Jackman.

  • Art Fairey Good 


    Controversial artist Shepard Fairey spends his creative capital to bring marriage equality back to California.

  • Film Crazy Like a Fox

    Hipster actor Jason Schwartzman gets schooled on his gay fans and the Hollywood closet and reveals why he’s never played a gay role.

  • Television Viki Victorious?

     

    Soap icon and six-time Emmy Award winner Erika Slezak talks about the trials and tribulation of playing Victoria Lord and her run for mayor, gay rights, and the sudden death that rocks Llanview.

  • Commentary Called to Serve

    The military continues to operate under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which even the Pentagon says is unsubstantiated. As General McChrystal asks for more troops in Afghanistan, one gay Navy vet offers his service to his country in spite of the policy that would deny him.

  • News Features Marriage Foe Tied to Pro-Gay Companies

    Ford Motor Co. and Reynolds American, two companies that receive consistently high marks from the HRC, have ties with Schubert Flint Public Affairs, the firm that was instrumental in defeating marriage equality in California and Maine.

     

  • News Features A Few Good Men

    In honor of Veteran's Day, two of the most famous gay vets -- Frank Kameny and Dan Choi -- share their letters from Uncle Sam.

Most Popular Stories