Brad Pitt Donates $100K To Defeat Anti-Gay Marriage Proposition

Access Hollywood - September 18, 2008 12:17 AM PDT
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Brad Pitt is reportedly donating $100K to fight a California November-ballot initiative aimed at eliminating the right to gay marriage.

"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," the actor said in a statement, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Brad's donation is the largest to a campaign against Proposition 8, by an A-list celebrity, according to the newspaper.

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The "Burn After Reading" actor is well known for his charitable efforts. He and partner Angelina Jolie regularly contribute to children's causes. Brad is also highly involved in helping the New Orleans area devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

In 2006, Brad said he and Angelina would not marry until all couples had the same rights.

"Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able," the star told the October 2006 issue of Esquire.

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Brad and Angelina aren't the only star couples who have made such a statement. Oscar winner Charlize Theron said she would not marry her beau, Stuart Townsend, until marriage was legal for homosexual couples as well.

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  • scott
    Thank you Angelina Jolie for the autographed photos you mailed for my English Students!!!! They were so happy when you answered their letters. It was very thoughtful……………………………………………………. Scott Waring… Author of “Wests Time Machine” & “Georges Pond”
    report abuseposted March 5, 2009 8:30 AM PST
  • ViviBurrito
    What an excuse for being unmarried. Gays need rights then he'll wed. Brad & Ang are so special that they need to pursue perversion or they shun the spiritual union of marriage. Well, I've asked a few gay couples I know about this & they say those 2 "straighties" DON"T represent them. Money down the drain? What a shame!
    report abuseposted September 23, 2008 8:39 PM PDT
  • Coco
    I think he should have spent the money on more important issues like AIDS and Cancer. I'm not prejudice against gays I have a male and female cousins thats gay and I love them the same but it’s still unnatural to me what gays do in the bedroom in my opinion. They should never be disrespected because only God can judge us. The point is its way more important issues to spend your money o
    report abuseposted September 22, 2008 9:25 PM PDT
  • ManuelA
    its about time this country and the religious wing realize that the gay community and gay people contribute vast amounts of dollars to the economy and taxes every year. we are due this one right to marry our partners . my thanks to people like Brad Pitt and others who support us the gay community in our struggle for equal rights. Thank you Mr.Pitt for your support and god bless you
    report abuseposted September 20, 2008 8:42 PM PDT
  • MollyPitcher
    Wise up, Braddy. Gay persons have always been allowed to get married just like "straight" people. The limitation (and that's probably the word the hubris driven dribblers of Hollyweird don't want to hear) is that it must be a person of the opposite gender. Marriage, by its very definition since the dawn of humankind, has meant between man and woman. Anything els
    report abuseposted September 19, 2008 11:05 PM PDT
  • Susan K
    If god is so all powerful and all knowing - why did he allow this awful and disastrous administration to lead us?
    report abuseposted September 19, 2008 10:40 PM PDT
  • Renee D
    It's fine if he wants to donate, but to not get married until all gay couples can marry? Sounds like an excuse to me.
    report abuseposted September 19, 2008 10:27 PM PDT
  • Renee D
    It's fine if he wants to donate, but to not get married until all gay couples can marry? Sounds like an excuse to me.
    report abuseposted September 19, 2008 10:27 PM PDT
  • Renee D
    It's fine if he wants to donate, but to not get married until all gay couples can marry? Sounds like an excuse to me.
    report abuseposted September 19, 2008 10:27 PM PDT
  • Renee D
    It's fine if he wants to donate, but to not get married until all gay couples can marry? Sounds like an excuse to me.
    report abuseposted September 19, 2008 10:27 PM PDT
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