Newt Gingrich Gets Glittered (for Gay Marriage)

By Jen Doll Wed., May 18 2011 at 10:13 AM

At a book signing in conjunction with the Minnesota Family Council & Institute Annual Dinner in Minneapolis, writes the YouTube poster/glitter provocateur of this video, "I greeted 2012 GOP presidential contender and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with a shower of rainbow glitter" to protest efforts to ban gay marriage in Minnesota. The glitter-er also shouted, "Feel the Rainbow!" which did not amuse the Gingrich camp one bit.

In fact, our guerrilla glitterman was promptly escorted out and told, weirdly, "So goes you, goes the rotting of our country" and "Have you ever seen us attend your events?" (Of course not, isn't that the point?) Glitter, not bringing people together after all! But maybe when Newt finds a random glitter shard in his ear in 10 years he'll think, he'll really think. In related news, Newt Gingrich has apologized to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for calling his Medicare plan "radical" and "right-wing engineering."

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Llewellyn Mason

One sure way to change a persons mind about gay rights is to be the stereotypical flaming drama queen.

PolishBear

Newt Gingrich is almost as much of a laughing-stock as Donald Trump. But if the Republicans DO end up going off the deep end and nominating him for President, it will be very interesting to hear how he addresses Gay Americans in debates with Barack Obama.

He claims he is for "traditional marriage." I want to ask him how allowing law-abiding, taxpaying Gay couples the same legal benefits that Straight couples have always taken for granted will affect anyone's "traditional marriage."

He says he supports the Defense of Marriage Act. I want to ask him how DOMA is possibly justifiable under the 14th Amendment and the "Full Faith & Credit" clause.

He says childen need a mother and a father. I want to ask him if he will prohibit single people and unmarried couples from adopting children, and whether he will deny marriage licenses to couples who either can't or have no desire to have children.

He says marriage is "sacred." I want to ask him when the United States became a theocracy ... because it is not the purpose of government, nor of the Constitution, to make things "sacred."

The Dude

Not one word condemning this classless sack of you know what, huh? So if I don't like someone's position in this country, I can throw crap on them? THERE WAS A LADY THERE MORON!!!

Newt may be a jerk, but this guys screams, "stop the hate" while pouring glitter on people??? YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO THROW CRAP ON PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. It is amazing how "certain" people get a pass for completely classless acts that they commit because they happen to be on the "right" side.

If some religious nut job did something similar to a "gay" candidate, I'd bet my house you'd condemn that.

If you do not condemn this classless act, you are as much of a jerk as Newt...

I don't like Gingrich either, but I refuse to act like a two year old when I disagree with someone!