Actor Brad Pitt says banning gay
marriage is not what makes America great.
The 45-year-old Pitt put in an
appearance Wednesday on the Ellen DeGeneres Show to pitch his
Bill Beane biopic Moneyball, which opens nationwide Friday,
September 23.
Pitt reiterated that he would not marry
partner Angelina Jolie until gay marriage is legal throughout the
nation.
“We live in this great country that
is about freedom,” Pitt said. “It is defined by our freedom and
equality and yet we allow this discrimination to go on everyday and
that's not what we're about. That's not what makes us great. Until
that is reversed. I just don't get it.”
With an Italian accent he added: “It'a
make'a no sense to me.”
“Thank you,” said host DeGeneres,
who is openly lesbian. “So that means if like, next week it's
legal for everyone to get married that you would then be getting
married the very next day. It seems.”
“It seems,” he answered.
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