Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been vocal about their support of gay marriage over the past couple of years, even saying they won’t get married until people in same-sex relationships can too.
So we wonder what Brad thinks of this letter penned to a local paper in the town of Simpson, Missouri…
The author of the letter? His mum, Jane.
Jane wrote to express support of Mitt Romney and opposition to Obama’s support of same-sex unions:
I have given much thought to Richard Stoecker’s letter (“Vote for Mormon against beliefs,” June 15). I am also a Christian and differ with the Mormon religion.
But I think any Christian should spend much time in prayer before refusing to vote for a family man with high morals, business experience, who is against abortion, and shares Christian conviction concerning homosexuality just because he is a Mormon.
Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama — a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage.
I hope all Christians give their vote prayerful consideration because voting is a sacred privilege and a serious responsibility.
There was some initial confusion about whether Jane Pitt was the author. But the editor later wrote: “To clear up earlier confusion, the News-Leader has verified the letter writer is the mother of actor Brad Pitt and local businessman Doug Pitt”
In other Pitt family news, Brad’s brother Doug recently starred in a Virgin Mobile Australia ad. And he’s hilarious.
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The sooner these religious types realise that marriage is separate to their church, the better.
Just declare “no gay marriages will ever happen in our church” and mind your own damn business about what anyone else does!
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Stop the insanity! Has anybody given thought to the messed up mob of humans that are emerging. No one is denying same-sex couples live as they please. To rewrite the marriage law is ridiculous. Why not create their own ceremony of union, just leave what’s been constitutional law alone. Create their own. How confusing for future generations…husband and husband/ wife and wife/mother and mother/father and father??? Come on, this will create a rudderless generation of sexually/morally lost souls of poor children who are already bombarded with disgusting insidious pornography on pretty much every turn…
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Kateris, you are a disgrace.
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Why? Because I may not agree, everyone has an opinion. I don’t think calling someone a disgrace you have no idea about is appropriate.
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Agreed. Many are in favour of gay unions, but most are against them calling it marriage. I’m in favour of gays having the same legal and Power of Attorney rights, but if they marry then that raises the children issue and much as I have no problems with them marrying, them raising children is still a big sticking point for me. I think its wrong and unhealthy for the children, whose rights should come first, not the adults. I admit this is how I feel, and I’ve tried to overcome it but what I feel and believe is what I truly feel and believe. Marriage yes, children, no.
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May I ask if you have any evidence for your decision? People who are gay don’t necessarily raise “gay children” because if that were the case heterosexual couples wouldn’t ever have gay children. There is no evidence that people who are gay are more likely to molest children (being homosexual and a paedophile are vastly different) Also there is no higher rate of break ups between homosexual couples and heterosexual couples.
I’m not criticizing you or your opinion, I’m just wondering if there is a reason for you beliefs or is it simply how you feel?
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I wasn’t referring to gay children, molestation or broken homes – just meant that I believe children deserve, and need, to be created and brought into this world, all things considered ie separations/divorce, with a mother and a father. Both sexes are the opposite of, and compliment each other and thus provide separate role models for children. Its a yin and yang thing.
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Fair enough but what about the children who are only brought up by one parent? Whether it’s been through death, divorce, accidental pregnancy, someone choosing to be a single parent from the outset. Generally all things considered, children from those backgrounds don’t appear to be overly damaged when compared to children who were brought up in a “nuclear” family. There are many things that damage children far more, like growing up in a home where there is DV or when they themselves are abused.
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I pre-empted that, as I said, all things considered and I touched on the divorce issue. Hardly anyone gets pregnant with the decision to be single mum. Hardly anyone decides; “I want to be a single mum so I’m going to go and get knocked up by a guy and be a single mum”. Even accidental pregnancies there is a chance for mum and dad to work together. Same as with marriage. Married couples don’t have the INTENT of creating a child and then getting divorced, and deprive child of a full-time father or a full-time mother. Its in the INTENT. A gay couple intends at the outset to deny a child full-time parents of the opposite sex, by the very design of their relationship. A hetro couple doesn’t normally intend or foreshadow a death or their child being part of a broken home. Thats where I believe the “what about single mums, divorcees etc” argument falls apart. A single mum or single dad isn’t usually that by a conscious choice. But when a gay couple decides to have a child, they are knowingly bringing a child into a yin-yin or yang-yang situation, before its conceived. By virtue of the relationship dynamics they make the choice for the child to be without a mother or a father. That is not a usual right off the bat choice for single parents.
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Many women today are able to choose to be a single parents and it’s not as uncommon we you might think. If they haven’t met “the one” by their mid thirties, some women do it alone… and that is by choice.
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Jane Pitt has every right to her opinion, an opinion shared by a large section of the population. I don’t have a problem with that. She’s hardly inciting hatred.
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Wow photo number 12 – as I always suspected Brad is the spitting image of Robert Redford as he ages. I remember when Spy Game was released and noting the clever father/son type casting.
On topic.. many Americans are that conservative and deeply religious. Evidently though like many children, Brad has grown up and made up his own mind. Parents and their views can be embarrassing at any age and I notice in my own parents and the parents of my friends a growing conservatism and narrow world view which is growing stronger with time.
Oh and as this is Mia’s website I’m sure she can be a “pro – gay” as she likes.
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religion and politics do not , and should not, under any circumstances, go together. They are separate issues.
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“voting is a sacred privilege and a serious responsibility.”
So is a womans right to decide if she wants to terminate a pregnancy and for anyone to be able to marry someone they love, regardless of gender.
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This is a narrow minded, right wing conservative opinion. Gay Marriage is an issue of equality. It is disappointing that some people don’t believe this, and therefore find it necessary to actively oppose the right for same sex couples to marry.
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Its not the domain of conservatives, a lot of left-leaning/Labor people are anti same-sex marriage. Same as some Labor pollies are against abortion and stem cell research (know of one former state Labor pollie against these and voted against stem cell research) Its an issue that crosses all political divides. Julia Gillard for example.
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I really don’t like having your pro-gay views constantly pushed on us Mia. Give us a break. We are intelligent enough to form our own views without you constantly pushing this on us.
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How rude and unnecessary to bring Mias kids into it.
I don’t feel Mia ‘pushes’ any views.
These are opinion pieces and it’s her, and many other people’s, opinion.
We need to put light onto this issue. And by ‘we’ I mean humans as I am a straight woman myself.
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Mamamia strives to provide a range of views but the website clearly has a socially progressive stance – as it has every right to! I’m surprised that this comes as a shock to you, but it is your choice to not visit the site and have these views ‘pushed on you’, and please don’t speak for ‘us’ the readers.
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I’m actually speaking for the majority (that’s right, this might come as a shock to you) of the population. I love a lot of the articles, but I’ve noticed that this is an issue that Mia seems to really want to push. A bit over it. Us, the readers, can, and will form our own opinions. We don’t need to be ‘pushed’ in a certain direction.
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everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but since this is Mias’ own site, she can print whatever she likes. Read it, don’t read it, respond , don’t respond. whatever. If you don’t like the articles, go and do your own site. No one’s ” pushing” anything .
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Are you, Kay? Was there a national referendum on this topic recently? I must have missed that one.
We, the readers, can indeed form our own opinions.
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Actually, Kay, the majority of the population is indeed ‘pro-gay’. Numerous surveys and studies state that more than half of the public support legalisation of same-sex marriage. The recent parliamentary inquiry found roughly two-thirds of people were in favour so I think it’s fair to say you don’t really speak for the majority.
For a lot of people, marriage equality is one of the key social justice issues of our time. Until it is achieved, this site and others like it, which do not in any way purport to be unbiased news providers, will probably continue to draw attention to the issue. If you don’t like what’s in the sandbox, don’t play in it.
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Agree with you Kay, And as far as pushing issues, I think Mamamia does that a lot. So I only pop in from time to time. And re gay marriage …..I have gay friends who are opposed to gay marriage. So what does that make them Homophobic?
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No – it makes them anti-equality and aganst universal human rights
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Why would your gay friends be opposed to gay marriage? Are you sure they aren’t afraid to speak up otherwise?
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Who really cares what Brad Pitt’s mum thinks? What has she ever achieved?
Come to think of it, who cares what Brad Pitt, a man who’s professional life revolves around pretending to be someone else, thinks either. Why is this even worth writing about?
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So your opinion only counts if you’ve “achieved something” and something YOU deem to be worthwhile?
Please! That would mean most of the worlds population had no right to an opinion!!
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Would love to be a fly on the wall when
Brad and Ange join the Pitts for dinner. But I can imagine it’s similar to our own family.
In my experience, older folk tend to oppose gay marriage. My parents aren’t even religious and they simply don’t support it.
I used to not support it but Raymond Gaita said something that clicked for me, now my partner and I are right behind it.
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How old are your parents Amanda?
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I’ve been reading and enjoying this site for a long time but recently, in my opinion, it’s been getting overtly celebrity focused and this post about Brad Pitts mothers opinions is the final straw for me – sorry Mamamia but I’m out of here. Ive been recommending your site to friends for ages now but no more – it’s not what it used to be …
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Its news becauseof the circumstances of Brad Pitt. He took an actively pro-gay stance, said he and Angelina probably wouldn’t marry until everyone could marry, etc. So its newsworthy for that alone, because of her son’s very public stance. If it was some other celeb that didn’t really take much of a profile in the debate, then I’d agree it wasn’t news.
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Why is this news? People are allowed their opinions.
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What she isn’t allowed an opinion just because her son is Brad Pitt? Give me a break. I don’t agree with her but what happened to freedom of speech?
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They say you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your relatives.
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I’m not a member of an organised religion but I understand that people have very strong faiths and are taught certain beliefs as part of that religion. As such aren’t they allowed to have those beliefs? I don’t understand attacking people for their beliefs.
I don’t agree with it but I think people have a right to their different opinions.
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Well, I guess not even huge movie stars are immune to having really embarrassing parents!
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She never said she hates “the gays”
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I agree jay. The twitter feed saying ‘she hates gays and barack obama’ is unecessarily inflammatory. But it worked on me! I clicked through.
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Coincidently, I a flicked onto a bio on Brad Pitt on Foxtel on the weekend. Apparently he grew up in a strictly religious family but after going to a rock concert and realising that he felt the same fervour there as he did in church he had a crisis of faith. This led to him questioning his belief system and pulling away from the church.
From what I can tell he is a very thoughtful and compassionate human being. A prime example was the amount of his own time and money he has put into building 150 houses in the worst hit part of New Orleans to rebuild after hurricane Katrina (which in another coincidence I happened to see on an ABC program- I’ve been sick and doing a lot of channel surfing).
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That’s ridiculous. Who cares, not Brad’s fault his Mother’s views are such.
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Exactly.
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Doesn’t your ‘who cares’ comment indicate that in fact, YOU care? You clicked the link, read the article, added a comment. Why would you do that if you have no interest?
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