Newt Gingrich's gay sister backs Obama for 2012 Candace Gingrich-Jones says she disagrees with her

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brother on gay rights issues
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/08/newt-gingrich-gay-sister-obama

The gay half-sister of Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has criticised his position on gay rights, saying she will support Barack Obama in the 2012 election. Candace Gingrich-Jones, a gay rights activist, said in an interview with MSNBC that she and her older half-brother, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, were "mutually respectful" but disagree on gay rights.

"He is definitely on the wrong side of history when it comes to those issues," Gingrich-Jones said. She said 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's campaign nearly sputtered to a halt last summer, but he has recently risen to the top of the polls in the Republican contest to choose a nominee to face Obama in the 2012 election.

Gingrich is known for his socially conservative views and has said he opposes gay marriage. Gingrich-Jones, a director at the Human Rights Campaign, a gay advocacy group, said he did not attend her wedding. A spokesman for Gingrich was not immediately available for comment.

[pnwmom]

1. Your title is confusing. "She" disagrees with "her"? Do you mean

"disagrees with him"?

[Tx4obama]

3. The rest of the sentence in the OP text ...

... says she disagrees with her

brother on gay rights issues

[pnwmom]

4. Thanks! I read the text but I missed those words above the link.

[Tx4obama]

5. When I first read the subject line it didn't make sense to me either ;) n/t

[sce56]

6. Not mine that is directly from the Guardian.

[Tx4obama]

2. She was on the Rachel Maddow Show Wednesday evening. n/t