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| party = [[Republican Party|Republican]]-turned-[[Reform Party]]-turned [[Constitution Party]]
| party = [[Republican Party|Republican]]-turned-[[Reform Party]]-turned [[Constitution Party]]
| name = Peter Benedict Gemma, Jr.
| name = Peter Benedict Gemma, Jr.
| birth_date = September 13, 1950
| birth_date = September 13, 1950
| birth_place = [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]]
| birth_place = [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]]
Adrienne Grace Maus<br>
Adrienne Grace Maus<br>
Allyson Hope Gemma
Allyson Hope Gemma
|religion =[[Christianity]]
|religion =[[Christian]]
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'''Peter Benedict Gemma, Jr.''' (born September 13, 1950), is a free-lance writer and [[conservative]] political activist originally from [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], currently based in Sarasota, [[Florida]]. He has written for such publications as ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[Human Events]]'' (a national weekly newspaper, since a [[website]]), ''The Washington Examiner'', ''Military History'', ''Quarterly Review'' of [[Great Britain]], and ''The Daily Caller''.
'''Peter Benedict Gemma, Jr.''' (born September 13, 1950), is a free-lance writer and [[conservative]] political activist originally from [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], currently based in Sarasota, [[Florida]]. He has written for such publications as ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[Human Events]]'' (a national weekly newspaper, since a [[website]]), ''The Washington Examiner'', ''Military History'', ''Quarterly Review'' of [[Great Britain]], and ''The Daily Caller''.
Gemma graduated in 1968 from the [[Roman Catholic]] all-male Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Peter-Gemma/8729037279|title=Peter Gemma: Class of 1968|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He is no longer a Catholic, however. In 2016, while touring [[Seville]], [[Spain]], Gemma said on [[Facebook]] that he is "so thankful for my personal relationship with [[Jesus Christ]] - no [[cathedral]]s needed."<ref name=fbook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/petergemma?fref=nf|title=Peter Gemma|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 23, 2016}}</ref>
Gemma graduated in 1968 from the [[Roman Catholic]] all-male Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Peter-Gemma/8729037279|title=Peter Gemma: Class of 1968|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He is no longer a Catholic, however. In 2016, while touring [[Seville]], [[Spain]], Gemma said on [[Facebook]] that he is "so thankful for my personal relationship with [[Jesus Christ]] - no [[cathedral]]s needed."<ref name=fbook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/petergemma?fref=nf|title=Peter Gemma|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 23, 2016}}</ref>
Since 2010, Gemma has been married to the former Catherine M. "Cathy" Goulding Douglas (born 1952), an [[Lawyer|attorney]]. He has a son and two daughters from two previous marriages, Peter Gemma, III (born c. 1983), who in 2015 wed the former Victoria Gravina in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]; Adrienne Grace Gemma Maus (born 1994), who in 2015 married Shaun Maus; and Allyson Hope Gemma (born 1999), who lives in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], [[Kentucky]], with her mother, Jodi Moody Evans, and her stepfather, Thomas Victor Evans, who owns a catering business.<ref name=fbook/>
Since 2010, Gemma has been married to the former Catherine M. "Cathy" Goulding Douglas (born 1952), an [[Lawyer|attorney]]. He has a son and two daughters from two previous marriages. Son Peter Gemma, III (born c. 1983), in 2015 wed the former Victoria Gravina in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]].<ref name=fbook/>
==Career==
==Career==
===Television appearances===
===Television appearances===
Gemma has appeared on such television series as ''[[60 Minutes]]'', on [[CBS]], ''[[Nightline]]'' with [[Ted Koppel]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], ''All Things Considered'' on [[PBS]], ''Crossfire'' on [[CNN]], of which Pat Buchanan was one of the original co-hosts, and ''The Charlie Rose Show'' on PBS.<ref name=pbgbio/>
Gemma has appeared on such television series as ''[[60 Minutes]]'', on [[CBS]], ''Nightline'' with [[Ted Koppel]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], ''All Things Considered'' on [[PBS]], ''Crossfire'' on [[CNN]], of which Pat Buchanan was one of the original co-hosts, and ''The Charlie Rose Show'' on PBS.<ref name=pbgbio/>
===Political activities===
===Political activities===