Newt Gingrich told the Des Moines Register's editorial board this morning that gay people have a "significant range of choice within a genetic pattern" and can choose to be straight just like someone can "choose to be celibate." The former House speaker, who opposes same-sex marriage, explained that there is a "big difference between saying that you're to have an acceptance of people's lifestyles and saying that you're now going to normalize that as a standard for the whole country":