No, he probably thinks that this will enhance his street cred with the GOP so-cons who he needs to come out in numbers to vote for him in Iowa. It’s a last gasp attempt to try and salvage a dying campaign. He’d willingly throw gays under the bus to win the nomination.

More to the point, one has to wonder what the Log Cabin Republicans are thinking right about now. They’ve got to deal with two GOP candidates for president who have taken such a bass-ackward position on gays that Newt’s openly telling gays to vote for Obama rather than him. Bachmann would hope to pray away the gay.