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In Bible Belt win, Newt Gingrich’s sins were salvation

By Sarah Schweitzer

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 31, 2012

As the presidential contest heads to Florida for its primary on Saturday, a crucial question will be whether Newt Gingrich can hold on to social conservative support again, with evangelical voters expected to make up as much as a third of the electorate. Interviews with South Carolina voters suggest that Gingrich’s infidelities were, paradoxical as it might seem, dismissed. While evangelical Gingrich-backers found his indiscretions distasteful, they said their faith teaches that to sin is human and what matters most is that man seek forgiveness from God.

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