Cher, Pauley Perrette, Chely Wright and
Joy Behar were among the celebrities tweeting about the anti-gay
rhetoric at Saturday's GOP debate.
The debate, held at St. Anselm's
College three days before New Hampshire holds the nation's first
presidential primary, included
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich reiterating their opposition to gay
marriage.
“The unbelievable homophobia being
spouted by the republicans at the #NHdebate is making me physically
nauseous & cry. Awful,” NCIS co-star and gay rights
ally Pauley Perrette messaged to her more than 221,000 followers.
(Related: Pauley
Perrette won't marry fiance until gay marriage ban Prop 8 is gone.)
Joy Behar, a co-host of ABC's The
View, tweeted: “Why is thrice married adulterer lecturing on
the sanctity of marriage? Gingrich is the biggest hypocrite on
this.”
Country music singer Chely Wright, a
North Carolina native who is opposed to a proposed gay marriage ban
in the state, sent out a tweet directed at Rick Santorum, whose
outspoken
opposition to gay rights hasn't gone over well in liberal New
Hampshire: “Dear Santorum, It's not just the 'gay community
who'd like to change laws' to grow equality. There's a group of
folks called straight allies.”
And singer Cher retweeted a tweet from
@itaitantuboo: “My partner and I are watching the NH debates and we
are pretty much disgusted at comments made!”