Actor George Clooney has said that he
believes the issue of gay marriage has lost its divisive political
edge.
Clooney and Brad Pitt on Saturday led
an all-star cast in the Los Angeles reading of 8, a play based
on the trial over the constitutionality of California's gay marriage
ban, Proposition 8.
8, which was written by Milk
scribe Dustin Lance Black, raised more than $2 million in its Los
Angeles premier, more than double what it raised during its Broadway
premier. (Watch
the reading here.)
In comments to The
Hollywood Reporter following
the performance, Clooney said that he supports marriage equality
because “it's important to be on the right side of history. In 20
years, I don't want anyone to wonder where I stood. At some point
people are going to look back and wonder why this was ever an issue.”
Clooney added that
already the issue had lost much of its controversy, recalling that
“eight years ago, when my dad (television journalist Nick Clooney)
was running for Congress in Kentucky, this was used as a wedge issue
to help defeat him. It's not a wedge issue anymore.”
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