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Natalie Portman and fiancé join campaign urging President Obama's support for gay marriage
Oscar-winner, Natalie Portman, and her baby-daddy/fiancé, Benjamin Millepied, joined other celebrities, business leaders and public figures on Monday (June 6) in signing on to the "I Do" campaign urging President Barack Obama to declare his support of gay and lesbian couples' right to marry.
"Natalie Portman and her fiancé, Benjamin Millepied, are in love, and believe all loving couples should be able to share in the freedom to marry without discrimination," says Freedom to Marry President Evan Wolfson, "That's why today they are joining the more than 100,000 people on Freedom to Marry's Say, 'I Do' Open Letter calling on President Obama to do the right thing and become part of America's majority for marriage."
The campaign began in March with a letter urging Obama to make his support of gay marriage clear. Portman and Millepied join dozens of celebrities and public figures who have already signed on to the campaign, including Caroline Kennedy, Jane Lynch, Martin Sheen, LeAnn Rimes, Ellen DeGeneres, and wife, Portia DeRossi, NFL players Brendon Ayanbadejo and Scott Fujita, and business leaders Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, and Dreamworks SKG co-founder David Geffen.
To read the entire letter and join the campaign, click here.
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ugh please.... I am so sick of celebrities blabbing about politics like we give a damn about their obnoxious views. i agree that they should have the "right" but I feel as a nation we have bigger issues to address than gay marriage. its an ugly institution thats ruined enough lives, the gays should be happy they have no need for divorce court.
@Smash You are right. They do have a right to say how they feel. Being a celebrity is just their job. They are Americans first, celebrities second. You are right that marriage certainly has been used & abused. However, gays should have the right to ruin it just as much. The bottom line is that gays really just want the same rights as hetero couples. If there were an accident you could be cut out of any decisions. You can't file your taxes together, etc. I personally like the using the word union better. The word marriage mens nothing to most people.
So do Gays have the right to give birth to their lover's child and vice versa?
There's some hings, in and of themselves, jus don't exist for people who choose to lead lives of deviant behaviour. I have nothing against gay people at ALL but that doesn't mean I just willfully accept we twist around age old concepts so they can feel they aren't different while they pride themselves in their different behaviour.
Now legal familial rights like all that hospital / will stuff we all know about, they should be able to have. but why does it nees to be under the pretext of marriage? I love Natalie Portman but she is in no place to speak just because she is in a loving relationship. I guess Gay Men deserve the legal right to be pregant too, just like her? Should we push for genetic engineering that allows two sperm to make a human being?
WTH? their names aren't in the list... sounds to me another RP thng..
I take it back, they are.. Natalie has recovered a little of my respect.