Christopher Buckley (who is an odd one to be throwing stones) weighs in on Newt Gingrich converting to Roman Catholicism. Via Balloon Juice:
He and Mother Church—from whose tender embrace I myself have regrettably lapsed—will both be made out to be appalling hypocrites. Who among us should throw stones? But Mr. Gingrich’s marital history is a matter of public record, and it is not tidy. He first married at age 19, to his 26-year-old former high-school geometry teacher and then, so the story goes, presented her with divorce terms after she was wheeled out of cancer surgery.
Mrs. Gingrich #2 was dumped after her husband had carried on an extramarital affair with a fetching, blond congressional staffer named Callista Bisek, who went on to become the present Mrs. Gingrich #3. This Family Values paradigm was complicated by the fact that whilst Mr. Gingrich was filibustering Ms. Bisek over the Speaker’s desk, he was simultaneously leading the impeachment charge against a naughty president of the United States.
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Mrs. Gingrich #2 publicly ventilated her displeasure back in 2000 after she received a letter from the Archdiocese of Atlanta informing her that her marriage was being annulled—that is, rendered ex post facto invalid—on the grounds of “ligamen.” She had been married previously, so in the eyes of the church her marriage to Mr. Gingrich simply did not take place.
I missed Sunday Incite this morning. Did the thrice-married, warmongering Sykes raise any of this with Abp Dolan?
Just in: The Brawler's operating assumption is that Sykes is a fellow member of the one true church ... but that is not necessarily the case, Sykes may just feel free to weigh in on things Catholic due to his audience. Can anyone confirm Sykes' denomination?
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