Actor Morgan Freeman has described the
idea that being gay is a choice as “ignorant.”
The 76-year-old Freeman made the
comment in remarks to the Daily Beast to promote his upcoming
film Last Vegas, which opens November 1.
Interviewer Marlow Stern remarked: “I
know that you're a big proponent of gay rights, and I spoke with Lee
Daniels recently who told me it is 'The Civil Rights Movement of our
time.'”
“Oh, absolutely it is,” Freeman
responded. “I'm in show business and I'm an ex-dancer. I have an
enormous number of gay friends. Marginalizing people for that?
These people who are ignorant enough to think that being gay is a
'chosen lifestyle?' That's the height of ignorance. It's
like saying being black is a chosen lifestyle. Get out of here!”