Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.
Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#0Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:39pm
Brangelina to Marry When Everybody Can
Sep 08 2:56 PM US/Eastern
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/09/08/D8K0RPOG0.html
Brad Pitt, ever the social activist, says he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.
"Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able," the 42-year-old actor reveals in Esquire magazine's October issue, on newsstands Sept. 19.
In the article he reflects on "fifteen things I think everyone should know."
Though Shiloh, the world-famous daughter of Pitt and girlfriend/earth mother Angelina Jolie, hogged much attention upon her birth in May, Pitt says he "cannot imagine life" without adopted children, Maddox, 5, and Zahara, 1.
"They're as much of my blood as any natural born, and I'm theirs," says Pitt. "That's all I can say about it. I can't live without them. So: Anyone considering (adoption), that's my vote."
Pitt, who plays a world traveler in the upcoming drama "Babel," subscribes to a laid-back parenting style.
"I try not to stifle them in any way," he says. "If it's not hurting anyone, I want them to be able to explore. Sometimes that means they're quite rambunctious."
Lucky kids.
"I feel it's really important to have that time to sit and talk to them," he continues. "I really like that last minute before they fade off. And always give them a heads-up before you jerk them out of something. You need to tell them, like, `You have three more minutes.'"
#1re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:43pm
He's right on top of things, ain't he?
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#2re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:43pmI must say that I think this is admirable of him and I respect that he's doing this. But does he really think that by keeping Anglelina Jolie essentially free he's going to keep a bunch of white men from continuing to ban gay marriage?
#3re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:44pmTell it to Stuart Townsend. Charlize is no slouch.
#4re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:45pmUsually I can't stnad Brad Pitt, but I would like to say good for him on this one.
#5re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:45pmin other words, angelina said "no."
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#6re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:45pmMaybe this is Brad's answer/excuse to not marry her.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#7re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:50pmOne more way to throw salt in the wounds of Jennifer Aniston.
#8re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:51pm
Well, at least he's committed to the children they've now both adopted.
Even though gay parents can't adopt in most of the country either...interesting.
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#9re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:53pmRath, are Stuart and Charlize still together? And if they are are they still unmarried?
#10re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:53pm
It's a nice gesture, but it makes me think of Charlize who did it first and more authentically. She's the trendsetter.
Also, he basically is saying that he lets his kids act like spoiled brats. I'm having no part of that, especially if I'm in restaurant around that family and he let's them "explore". :)
#11re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:55pm
Maddox looks unruly.
Tag, yes and yes - unless I missed something today!
#12re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:57pmeh, who am i kidding? i'd still do him.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#13re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 4:57pm
"Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed." - Brad Pitt, Us Weekly, September 18, 2000
peach
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/05
#14re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 5:00pm
The kids sounds like a nightmare...
I saw some kids allowed to "explore" throwing rocks at cars yesterday while the mom chatted with a gal pal. Nice.
#15re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 5:36pmGood for him.
#17re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 5:51pm
"in other words, angelina said no."
I love RobbO.
I admire what they're doing, but I have to wonder what it would accomplish if anyone who wasn't famous did this.
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Or at least I try
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They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
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#18re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 6:06pm
"But does he really think that by keeping Angelina Jolie essentially free he's going to keep a bunch of white men from continuing to ban gay marriage?"
I think it's the principle, more than anything.
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colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#19re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 6:11pm
I think it really is a nice gesture. Let's face it, Angelina and Brad are a much more prominent celebrity couple than Charlize and Stuart, so them publically stating this is going to get far more attention. The story is already splashed all over the place. If nothing else, it opens more dialogue to the issue.
jsrocks
Broadway Star Joined: 2/27/06
#20re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 6:22pm
What a Tool. *rolling my eyes*
It's good and all if you want to stand up for marriage rights of others, but how does he explain his brand new stance on this issue since he was already married before! I don't remember him standing up for marriage rights then.
This is just a "clever" way of making him look like a hero. In reality he wants to cover up the real reason he doesn't want to marry her. He doesn't want to get married so it's easier to leave her when they split. 
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#21re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 6:28pmjsrocks, people change and their ideals change with them.
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Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#22re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 6:30pmJsrocks, this can't be a ploy to get him to be better liked. Maybe for the most part this board doesn't feel this way, but there is a massie percent of the US--and many of them are probably Brad Pitt fans--who don't have that same stance. Even though I wish it weren't true, promoting gay marriage is not an easy sell, especially for a celebrity.
jsrocks
Broadway Star Joined: 2/27/06
#23re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 6:31pm
Yeah I understand that. And good for him. Like I said, it's good that he's wanting to do this.
But we can clearly see that they won't get married just b/c they don't want to, not b/c there aren't marriage rights for everyone.
Good for him though. I think marriage should be between two people, gay or straight. I sure hope he's not sticking up for polygamy though. :P
#24re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 6:59pm
I'm trying to get over the hypocrisy of the fact that an unmarried couple (who'd been together how long when the adoption went through, by the way?) was able to separately adopt two children, and yet they're all up on the We Won't Marry Until Gays Can Marry! bandwagon.
Helloooooo??
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#25re: Brad Pitt: he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions
Posted: 9/8/06 at 7:12pmI see your point, Rathnait, but I don't think the issues are comparable. Children shouldn't have to wait to be adopted because the adoption laws are unfair, and I would want the kind of principled people who object to those laws to be the ones who *are* adopting, rather than those who don't.
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