Brad Pitt Gives $100,000 To Fight Gay Marriage Ban!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:18 pm

The same week he and Angelina Jolie pledged $2 million to help fight
tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia, Brad Pitt has given $100,000 to
stop a California ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage –
the largest donation so far from a prominent individual in the
entertainment industry, reports Variety.

"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, who gave to the group Californians Against
Eliminating Basic Rights, said in a statement.

A spokeswoman for the organization ProtectMarriage, which supports
passage of Proposition 8, said of Pitt, "We certainly respect his right
in the political process, but we don’t believe he is the most exemplary
figure on the issue of marriage."

Bi-Partisan Issue

Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic
presidential nominee Barack Obama oppose Proposition 8. Republican
nominee John McCain is in favor of it.

"It is our hope that others in the entertainment industry will step up
and match Brad Pitt's heroic commitment to equality and to defeating
Prop. 8," said political strategist Chad Griffin, who is aiming to
defeat the measure, which is due on the Nov. 4.

Two years ago, Pitt said about his own much-speculated-upon
relationship with Jolie, "Angie and I will consider tying the knot when
everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able."

So far, California and Massachusetts recognize same-sex marriage.