Posted on 07/07/2012 7:59:25 AM PDT by IbJensen
An anti-gay letter urging Christians to vote for Mitt Romney that was printed today in The Springfield News-Leader has been confirmed by the newspaper as having been penned by Jane Pitt, mother of Brad Pitt.
The verification comes amid some confusion, as the Missouri newspaper first printed an editor's note denying any relation between the letter writer and movie star. That was later replaced with a second editor's note, reading, "To clear up earlier confusion, the News-Leader has verified the letter writer is the mother of actor Brad Pitt and local businessman Doug Pitt."
The letter -- itself a response to another opinion piece in the newspaper justifying Christians' rights to refuse to vote for Romney because he is a Mormon -- identifies Mrs. Pitt as "a Christian [who differs] with the Mormon religion."
But, Pitt continues, "any Christian should spend much time in prayer before refusing to vote for a family man with high morals, business experience, who is against abortion, and shares Christian conviction concerning homosexuality just because he is a Mormon."
Pitt goes on to write that "any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama — a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage."
Along with Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt has long been an outspoken champion of gay rights. Pitt once told Ellen DeGeneres, "I’ve said that we would not be getting married until everyone in this country had the right to get married." The two nevertheless announced their engagement in April, after seven years and six children together.
In January, Pitt said of his mother in a cover profile in The Hollywood Reporter, "She's very, very loving -- very open, genuine, and it's hilarious because she always gets painted in the tabloids as a she-devil. There's not an ounce of malice in her. She wants everyone to be happy."
In the same story, the Moneyball star revealed his own support of Obama in the upcoming presidential election.
Why does the headline call the letter “anti-gay”?
It is not necessarily anti-gay to oppose gay hook-ups being called “marriage.” It is just a matter of making reasonable distinctions, which happen to be honored in millennia of tradition, and in virtually all cultures (and certainly all the viable and important ones).
The matter of homosexuality is complicated. It is also personal, and hardly a thing which can be solved by a simple-minded political formula. The left is simply using this issue as another means to corral a demographic into their herd.
Ordinary, polite people with no hang-ups themselves can usually co-exist with all sorts of individuals. Gays are little threat to me, as long as they are not aggressive, and don’t make me watch.
My wife and I are very conservative, yet we have gay friends. We have many friends with whom we do not agree on all matters. No problem. We do not need the government or some identity-movement to tell us how to live.
That’s a great picture. I live for this stuff. Hollyweird clashing with reality - LOL!
Well: The mother doesn’t have to work with all the perverts ,her son has to.
Hollyweird has been filled with perverts for 75 year at least.
It looks like that apple (Brad) fell a LONG way from the tree!
My guess is that she prays daily for her son. ;-/
Good for Mrs. Pitt.
So when are the homosexualist and abortion enthusiasts going to demand Brad Pitt be blacklisted in Hollywood?
How uncool. Angie must make her cringe with the evil
They should not vote for him because of his past record.
She says of Romney "is against abortion, and shares Christian conviction concerning homosexuality"
Actually, what she says of Obama is true of Romney also:
"(Obama ) is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage."
So does Romney, althogh he goes back and forth on those issues as necessary to fool people into voting for him.
His mommie supported abortion also, and he dutifully followed in her footsteps.
I rewrote your comments using another sexual perversion:
Ordinary, polite people with no hang-ups themselves can usually co-exist with all sorts of individuals. Beastialitists are little threat to me, as long as they are not aggressive, and don’t make me watch.
My wife and I are very conservative, yet we have Beastialitist friends. We have many friends with whom we do not agree on all matters. No problem. We do not need the government or some identity-movement to tell us how to live.”
Sorry, just don’t want to be around either type of sicko- especially at a club for families. I set a little higher standard than “As long as they don’t make me watch”. I do think I am polite and respectful to others, but if not wanting your kids to be around sexual perverts is a hang-up...so be it.
shame she can’t knock some sense into her kid and for the life of me I cannot understand how people like this mother let her child become so screwed up.
I have kids and teach them every day what is right and wrong and what thye have to look out for off the TV, media papers , school etc.
Brad is soooo disappointed...
Yet again the media try and make it out that if you oppose such sick acts and unnatural acts of sex then it's wrong.
It is they who are wrong and they can write their headlines as much as they want but it won't silence me , it won't make me shut up at events or even at the neighbors and it certainly won't stop me telling my kids that it is unhealthy , unnatural and pretty sick to be honest.
Exactly.
But the left pushes things so anyone against “gay marriage” is anti- gay or “homophobic.”
Next step will be anyone against man/boy love is a bigot. Sandusky will become a Civil Rights martyr.
Cigarettes in a movie gives it an R rating.
Homosexuality is a voluntary behavior that shortens life expectancy much more than smoking.
So where are the PSAs warning the public?
Who said she “let” him get screwed up? Once he reached maturity he became a liberal moron all on his own. Many parents pray for wayward children and cannot control them no matter what they do—look at Ronald Reagan and Ron Reagan, Jr....
Is that Brad’s bitch or just Bahney Fwank?
The way’s it’s getting nowadays, disagreeing with a homosexual person about anything is “homophobic”. Kind of like disagreeing with Obama about anything is “racist”, not wanting Shariah Law implemented is “Islamophobic”, not wanting one’s tax dollars used for abortions and birth control is “misogynist”, etc., etc., etc.
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