Original Article: http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/10/31/brad-pitt-contribution-human-rights-campaign?hpt=us_c2
CNN talked about this article.
This article us about how celebrity Brad Pitt donated $100,000 to the Human Rights Campaign, to support gay marriage. Although this article talks about celebrity participation in the HMC, I'm going to mainly talk about the issue itself. While homosexuality is legal nation wide in America, gay marriage is legal in very few states. While LGBT rights in America have taken some large leaps forward in the past few years, there is still a long way to go. A donation of $100,000 is an amazing thing, no matter who its from. Although the fact that an extremely famous celebrity did it certainly helps publicly.
Barack Obama and his team are the first in the White House to openly support gay marriage. Its a huge step for America. Its hard for a country to move forward with an issue when the leader of the country is against it. When Barack Obama announced he supported gay rights, it split the country's opinion on him. The people who like him, liked him even more. The people who didn't like, now disliked him even more.
Once again, its a great thing that Brad Pitt did this, because not only does the money help, but the publicity helps immensely. Anyone can and should support gay rights, but the fame just helped.
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