 Although his half-sister, Candace Gingrich, is a lesbian LGBT rights advocate, Gingrich opposes gay marriage.Speaking in Iowa in 2011, Gingrich said he thinks marriage is between a man and a woman, and told reporters that he "would like to find ways to defend that view as legitimately and effectively as possible".He said that the U.S. government should be defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).