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Donate After Reading: Brad Pitt has famously ... [Brad PItt]
Gawker: defamer — ... , Pitt has become the first A-list celebrity to make a major donation ($100,000) to the campaign to fight Proposition 8, which is designed to take away the same-sex marriage rights awarded to Californians this summer. In a statement, he said, "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." Your move, ...

Brad Pitt fights for equal marriage rights for gay couples
Pitt Watch — Lately, it seems to me like Brad Pitt just keeps doing amazing things. His latest work? He donated $100,000 in a pledge to fight back against California’s Proposition 8. The proposition seeks to ban gay marriage and Brad doesn’t agree with that: ...

Spielberg Follows Brad Pitt's Gay-Positive Lead, Actual Gays MIA [Inglorious Holes]
Gawker: defamer — ... , director Steven Spielberg has become the latest celebrity to make a major donation to the campaign to defeat the anti-gay Proposition 8. Spielberg ...

Jay Leno to Ellen DeGeneres: How Can People Be Homophobes When West Hollywood is So 'Clean'? [Someone's Never Been To Trunks]
Gawker: defamer — Though Ellen DeGeneres still hasn't announced a major donation to the campaign to fight California's homophobic Proposition 8 (despite hosting a fundraiser for the animal rights-friendly Proposition 2), she at least denounced the proposition last night while guesting on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Even Leno himself got into the act by spreading a queer-friendly message of tolerance — one he no doubt hoped would erase memories of the time he badgered Ryan Phillippe to give the camera his "gayest look." Noting to DeGeneres that he ...

T.R. Knight Becomes First Actually Gay Star To Donate To 'No On 8' [No On Prop 8]
Gawker: defamer — ... It's often said that gays are on the cutting edge of most trends, but when it comes to defeating California's Proposition 8 (which would thwart the same-sex marriage laws enacted this summer), most out celebrities have fallen pitifully behind their straight allies. The first high-wattage Hollywood name to donate to the "No on 8" name was ...