Brad Pitt Donates $100,000 To Fight Gay Marriage Ban

LOS ANGELES — Brad Pitt has donated $100,000 to fight California's November ballot initiative that would overturn the state Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.

It's the first time voters will be asked to ban same-sex marriage in a state where gay couples already have won the right to wed. Same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts and California.

It's the first time voters will be asked to decide the issue in either California or Massachusetts _ the states where gays have won the right to wed.

"Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn't harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8," Pitt said Wednesday.

Trevor Neilson, Pitt's political and philanthropic adviser, told The Associated Press that Pitt was surprised that his colleagues in the entertainment industry had not donated more money to support the battle against Proposition 8.

Earlier in the week, Pitt and Angelina Jolie announced they donated $2 million to help fight HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Ethiopia.

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Comments

[FloristGuy]

Way to go Brad! A class act.

[NEANDERTHALL]

How marvelous!!! Love you Brad...

[Star2000dancer]

Oh Brad, I've been trying to get to New Orleans to help you rebuild it. But I[ve been desperatelt trying to find a way a way to get to physical therapy needed due to lack of tests & multipler misdiagnosis, doctors & dentistists cruelty , I've been trying to get teeth that the University of Buffalo tore out, a working small RV, & come out of the post traumatic syndromes between all the misdiagsosis of my friends & family, the phoney death of my mom.

I've been trying to help all these people swept into poverty & disability needlessly. Please contact me personally & let me fill you in on what's really going on out there, & how we can help. The horrors I'm watching is a day at the beach compared to gay marriage. My god, how many Americans & children could have food, not havr to sleep in their cars or on the street, as most l, people are losing thier vehicles & can not get anywhere..shopping, doctors, dentists,let alone do one thing for just plain pleasure.

People are losing their ability to even smile. Hope is sinking. Gay marriage will eventually be accepted, but 1000 people will die today from misdiagnosis alone. Is'nt that a bigger priority? Please help me so I can help so many others. Thank you Brad, you're my hero.

[FirstShirt]

That's one way to cut back on so many kids. Another form of choice, I guess. Better watch out Angelina!

[ivancheck]

My goodness, some people will believe anything, and I do mean anything. I would love to see Brad's face if a man were to kiss him square in the lips....then you would truely see just exactly what he really thinks about gays in general, let alone gay marriage. Brad and angelina are as fake as a new set of Hollywood boobs, every single thing that they do is to DRAW ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES, in order to INCREASE TICKET SALES AT THEIR MOVIES. Haven't you noticed that everytime they go overseas to purchase a NEW KID there are always cameras around? They could go to a little village in the most remote part of the Amazon, and there would be 35 cameras there to catch the "PRIVATE" moment. Think about it, Brad pitt is at least making 20 million a film, he's got at least 150-200 million in the bank...$100,000 is a drop in the bucket to him, well worth it to get some dummy to go to his next movie that believes he is concerned about gay marriage. Let's see if he'll march in a few gay parades, or even play a gay character in one of his next movies. Don't hold your breath on this one.

[neoprimordial]

It's pretty simple: Are anybody's rights being infringed? No, they're not. Two gay men or two lesbian women get together, by mutual consent, and don't do anything that would be harmful and that either person wouldn't want done, and both people are sufficiently experienced in what they want from a mate and from life, then there are no grounds for stopping them from doing what they're doing.

As far as marriage between two people of the same sex who have committed to each other, to argue that their union is only worthy of being called a "civil union" is to say that their union is not as significant, not as serious, not as fulfilling, and not as lasting as a union between two people of opposite sex. As long as such a distinction is made between same-sex and opposite-sex unions, where one receives benefits or recognition that the other does not, justice cannot be upheld. Have we not learned the error of "separate, but equal"?

Love is always powerful, awesome, all-encompassing, regardless who the two people are who are experiencing it. It does not change or degrade if the two people happen to be the same sex. To say that Love is otherwise is an affront to humankind and to nature.

Mr. Brad Pitt, you are turning out to be a truly righteous human being. You're up there with Springsteen, Bono, and Dr. Paul Farmer, in my book.

[Ironic97]

Brad's right hand is handing out $100,000 to promote gay rights for couples...encouraging gay sex in a round about way. His left hand is handing out two million dollars to fight a disease that was in large part due to gay sex between men. Is this ironic, stupid, or coincidence?

[mercury613]

The potential stupidity of Brad Pitt's actions is infinitesimal compared to the actual stupidity of your reply.

[klandish]

Women love men who are comfortable with their sexuality. And are not attracted to homophobic straight men. That's from a personal poll I've taken over the years. So now Brad has more female admirers I suppose.

[jon609]

the word that begins with the letter "M" , dare not speak it's name... BUT, in it's place, we got TWO, TWO, TWO letters for that one --- I mean, such a deal, right??? They gave us a "D" - as in domestic, -- and a "P", to put next to the "D", so it reads "DOMESTIC PARTNERSIP"....!!!! wowee zoywee!!

Even though the NJ Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples are to be granted the FULL and SAME benefits as opposite sex couples, it hasn't happened and ooops, just happens to be unconstitutional, However, in lieu of equality, fairness, parity, etc., we can proudly say, and show off, our very own TWO letters, specific just to us... Who needs more of those damn special rights when we can now claim our own Monogram!!!! ( both Lands End and Pottery Barn do a lovely "DP" stitch/etch - ask for it in the medium font italicized) ..

To think how many marriages have been saved, children not been recruited, and the millions of salt licks that didn't materialize ( just a guess, and I'll bet ya bushel of our best Garden Dung, it's also the reason for this year's best bumper crop of Jersey Tomatoes, Peaches and Corn!!!

The letter "M" replaces the "N" and when put together is pronounced BS....

[Mcgrawaddict]

I love brad even more now ...BRAD BELIEVES IN GOD

[TheGayPrince]

Just one more reason to love Brad Pitt. Thanks Brad!!

[SonofLiberty1]

Yes it's a smokescreen...

Designed by Gay Marriage activists to...

Give the election to McCain...

I'm telling you folks if you choose to not shut up and you give the election to McCain you will never,ever get what you want!

[MiddleRed]

Son of liberty, eh? So liberty only applies to things and people agree with. No liberty to those born gay.

Wow.

[Quaoar]

Nice concern troll.

The McCain people will raise the spectre of Gay Marriage whether or not anyone on the left pushes it as an issue.

The people who are really against gay marriage were never going to vote Democratic and you know it!

[nowarpleez]

You repubs are so desparate I'm actually starting to feel sorry for you. Someone who supports equal right and puts his money where his mouth is, is putting up a smoke screen? Unbelievable. I would like to visit that alternate universe you people live in someday; but only for a few minutes.

[mercury613]

Smokescreen? Really? Actually, it's you who is trying to erect a smokescreen. McCain's and Obama's positions on same sex marriage are virtually identical. Unless he's changed his views on yet another issue.

NEXT.

[INDmind]

Truly a great philanthropic couple!

[peachesmahoney]

Thanks Brad! We Californians need all the support we can get to defeat this bigoted and hateful proposition.

[filmzilla]

i agree with chris rock, gay people have the right to be married and misreable like everybody else

[lemmonesque]

thank you, brad!