Last week, newly minted gay icon Brad Pitt donated $100,000 to help fight an initiative in California that would overturn the state Supreme Court's legalization of gay marriage. Gays have won the right to wed in only two states, the other one being Massachusetts. The November ballot is the first time voters will be given the chance to vote against gay marriage in a state where it's already been granted. Pitt said in a statement: "Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn't harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8." Pitt and his partner, long-time gay icon Angelina Jolie, with whom he shares custody of six children, have refused to get married until gay marriage is made legal in the United States. "Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able," he said in 2006. To find out more about Proposition 8 or to donate to the cause, check out Californians Against Eliminating Basic Rights'
Vote No on Prop 8 website.
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