Monday, September 19, 2011

What Are You So Afraid Of?

"What are you so afraid of? That’s my question. Gay people getting married? What is so scary about that? It’s complicated. You grow up in a religion like that and you try to pray the gay away. I feel sadness for people like that. This is where people start short-circuiting—instead of being brave and questioning their beliefs, they are afraid and feel that they have to defend them. I don’t mind a world with religion in it. There are some beautiful tenets within all religions. What I get hot about is when they start dictating how other people must live. People suffer because of it. They are spreading misery." - Brad Pitt, speaking to Parade Magazine.

Via Joe.My.God.

8 comments:

David Allen Waters said...

if everyone would just live their own lives making sure it was a happy healthy one the world would be a better polace....I say Bravo to Mr. Pitt ;)

Mitch Block said...

Thanks for sharing this post. Brad Pitt's "movie star thing" made me not want to like him. But, what he says and does made me change my mind a while back.

DeepBlue said...

And he is aging soooooooooo well!
*sigh*
;)
Hugs
Jon

Writer said...

David, that would be lovely. To be happy and to have respect for other people's happiness. :)

Writer said...

Mitch, oddly enough, I've avoided most of his movies. I guess I was afraid he'd end up like Tom Cruise...i.e. crazy. :)

Writer said...

Jon, yes, yes he is. :)

becca said...

bravo to brad well said

Writer said...

becca, I feel as though he just made George Clooney look bad. LOL