Also, I’m going to close comments on this entry, something I don’t normally do. I feel a need to do so because the purpose of the entry was to let people know something new that Brad Pitt was campaigning for, and I don’t want this site to turn into a political battleground. I know Americans are very political-minded right now (and even as a Canadian, I am watching your election info very closely), but this isn’t the best place for it. Thanks for understanding!

The question is: Do all humans have equal rights . . .

Some wag on another blog explained Brad’s donation as his way of making official his bromance with George Clooney. ;-) . . . The question is: Do all humans have equal rights . . .

The question is: Do all humans have equal rights – to whom we marry, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, free speech, free press (information), the right to vote, choose our religion if any, from discrimination, etc.?

No matter our gender, class, race/ethnicity, belief/creed, I believe all humans must have equal rights – it’d be injustice, otherwise. It wasn’t too long ago in human time that the U.S. had anti-miscegenation laws on the books: different races were prohibited from loving & marrying each other, usually blacks and whites (no Halle Berry, no B.O. running for office) – also the law in South African apartheid. In a certain time, it would have been illegal for my white husband to marry a Filipina wife.

The same kind of arguments made for anti-miscegenation are the same arguments made against gay marriage now. Remember, then people of color were considered animals, something beneath human beings, second-class at the best.

Ann, I scanned the posts, but unless I missed something, I found the environment totally friendly. And there isn’t a fatwa here against references to Christianity or any other belief, so you don’t need to be concerned about referencing the Christian Science Monitor.

Ann, I understand what you’re saying. But IMO neither Brad nor Angelina can be divided up so neatly as the halves that take political stands (e.g. gay rights, refugees) and the halves that don’t (acting, parenting). IMO, Angelina and Brad are 3-dimensional people who do everything, plus are human enough to make mistakes. In my experience with Pittwatch, we’ve been able to have reasonable discussion even if it’s a heated debate. There are probably Brad/Angelina fansites who focus only on the happy, non-controversial, apolitical aspects – I don’t think Pittwatch is one of them. I think we embrace and acknowledge the wholeness of the JPs, warts and all.

will have to wait and see what will happen with all these events.

will have to wait and see what’s behind all these events.