Newt Gingrich, the newly-anointed frontrunner in the fluid Republican presidential race, is promising he will not cheat on his wife Calista if elected to the White House. Seriously, this came up. The former Speaker of the House of Representatives issued a statement to The Family Leader, an evangelical Iowa organization, pledging to sign its Marriage Vow . The key points of Newt’s remarks on marriage – he’s on #3, having cheated on wife #2 with wife #3 in the 1990s, while he was pushing to impeach Bill Clinton – include: He pledges to uphold the institution of marriage through fidelity to his spouse. Gingrich will enforce the DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), and will support a federal marriage amendment defining marriage as one man, one woman. Gingrich believes life begins at conception, will reinstate Reagan’s Mexico City policy, repeal Obamacare and cut funding for Planned Parenthood. He promotes the right of conscience for health care workers so they aren’t compelled to participate in abortions or procedures against their beliefs. Newt has catapulted himself to the front of the GOP pack despite more baggage than the American Airlines flight Alec Baldwin was kicked off of last week. His messy divorces are seen as a liability by some, but voters seem to care most about the economy, so it remains to be seen if it’d actually hurt Gingrich. Fellow GOP contenders Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum already signed the pledge. Mitt Romney is currently focus grouping it to see if he should sign this week, then change his mind two hours after the Iowa caucuses. Just kidding. Sorta. Not really.
More:
Newt Gingrich Vows Not to Cheat on Wife if Elected President
