Blind Prophecy

Candace Gingrich pens a letter to her brother, Newt:

This is a movement of the people that you most fear. It’s a movement of progress — and your words on FOX News only show how truly desperate you are to maintain control of a world that is changing before your very eyes.

Then again, we’ve seen these tactics before. We know how much the right likes to play political and cultural hardball, and then turn around and accuse us of lashing out first. You give a pass to a religious group — one that looks down upon minorities and women — when they use their money and membership roles to roll back the rights of others, and then you label us “fascists” when we fight back. You belittle the relationships of gay and lesbian couples, and yet somehow neglect to explain who anointed you the protector of “traditional” marriage. And, of course, you’ve also mastered taking the foolish actions of a few people and then indicting an entire population based on those mistakes. I fail to see how any of these patterns coincide with the values of “historic Christianity” you claim to champion.

Again, nothing new here. This is just more of the blatant hypocrisy we’re used to hearing.

What really worries me is that you are always willing to use LGBT Americans as political weapons to further your ambitions. That’s really so ’90s, Newt. In this day and age, it’s embarrassing to watch you talk like that. You should be more afraid of the new political climate in America, because, there is no place for you in it.

In other words, stop being a hater, big bro.

Ouch. I imagine the holidays will be a bit strained among the Gingrich clan this year.

I remember hearing Candace speak at my university back when I was just a budding queer activist serving as the secretary for UNR’s GLB Student Union (we weren’t progressive enough to add the “T” yet). I was impressed at her poise and thoughtful commentary. That speech also marked the first time I wrote to my members of Congress (asking them to pass ENDA – something they still haven’t done).

Filed under: politics, queer rights by Jere Keys