David Mamet, who has recently laudably "converted" from an unenlightened liberal to enlightened conservative. He is married to a talented actress/singer/lyricist/author Rebecca Pidgeon who is 18 years his junior, was raised as a Christian but converted to Judaism after the marriage because David is of Jewish faith, for the sake of family harmony (they have two children).
Callista Gingrich has been a Catholic her entire life, and converting from Baptist to Catholic - his wife's faith - seems a lot less of a leap.
...sounding a little Henry VIII'ish isn't he?
Henry VIII had 6 wives, and when annulment was not granted by Rome, his second wife lost her head and a new branch of Christian religion - Anglican Church - that was not controlled by Rome, was propped up by Henry...
In case of Gingrich, I am sure that feelings were hurt but nobody was beheaded, as far as I know... Newt Gingrich settled for a divorce and has accepted conversion to his wife's Catholic faith. I'd say comparisons to Henry VIII are quite a stretch.
Can this guy even spell loyalty?
Well, he is loyally defending his wife, and he never badmouthed his previous wives (that's "loyalty"), even as one of them refused to follow him to Washington, and when he was busy there leading the Second Republican Revolution (after their separation) threatened to derail his political career if he ran for President (as she put it, "will take one interview with a reporter" - you can see that interview with Esquire magazine at a link in my previous post and decide for yourself if she flattered herself in that regard).
On the other hand, the outside consultants who were hired by Gingrich's campaign resigned en masse for greener pastures of other campaigns... Whose loyalty should be questioned?
Spin it all you want...
Newt’s 1st two marriages failed. He’s on his third.
Newt abandoned his 1st religion. He’s on his second.
Newt announces is candidacy, and then basically walks away from his campaign to sail the Med.
(I could possibly get over the divorces but screwing other women WHILE you’re married is just wrong.)
For me, Newt is Naught.