Actor Zachary Quinto has said that as a
gay man he has no choice other than to back President Barack Obama.
The 35-year-old Quinto, who is best
know for playing Spock the 2009 reboot of Star Trek, made his
remarks during an appearance on Chelsea Lately.
“The choice in this election is so
fundamentally clear,” Quinto told host Chelsea Handler. “I feel
like Mitt Romney's reptilian self is barely able to suppress itself
as we get closer to this election. That debate [Monday] night was so
clear for me. How anybody could spin it that Obama did anything
other than clean the floor with that guy last night, I have no idea.”
“And as a gay man, and as so many
people in my life and so many people in this audience that know gay
people, that support gay people, that have gay relatives like there
is no choice in this election on a social level. This country is so
in dire need of moving in the direction that Obama wants to take us
in. I just can't understand how we're so divided,” he added. (The
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