Man of the Year

Brad Pitt has donated $100,000 to fight California's November ballot
initiative that would overturn the state Supreme Court decision
legalizing same-sex marriage.
It's the first time voters will be asked to decide the issue in either
California or Massachusetts—the states where gays have won the right
to wed.
"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 said Wednesday.
Trevor Neilson, Pitt's political and philanthropic adviser, told The
Associated Press that Pitt was surprised that his colleagues in the
entertainment industry had not donated more money to support the
battle against Proposition 8.
Earlier in the week, Pitt and Angelina Jolie announced they donated $2
million to help fight HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Ethiopia.
And although GSR is not the biggest supporter of gay marriage (we
consider marriage an outdated religious celebration) we are grateful for
the Brad Pitts and Angelina Jolie's in the world that support us as
human beings.
This isn't the first time Brad and Angelina have announced their
undivided support for gay marriage. When reporters first questioned Brad
whether he and Angelina intended to get married when they first announced
their relationship, Brad told the press that as soon as every citizen in this
country had the same rights as everyone else to get married, then yes, he and
Angelina would get married.
And that my friends is what it means to man up. To stand behind what
you believe. Therefore it is with great honor that we nominate, without
any hesitation, Mr. Brad Pitt as GSR Man of the Year, and Brad and Angelina as
GSR Couple of the Year.
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