Before joining forces with Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt was known primarily for being hot, an endeavor he was remarkably good at. He has moved from eye candy to political awareness, though, and he has shown to be even better at this undertaking. Whether giving time and money to victims of Hurricane Katrina or raising awareness about issues such as same-sex marriage, Pitt is a guy that’s used his popularity to get more than laid.
But does that mean that his entire family agrees with him? Apparently not …
In a letter to her hometown paper, the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader, Jane Pitt writes that Christians, like herself, should not refuse to vote for Mitt Romney just because he is a Mormon. The published response to an earlier opinion in the paper describes President Barack Obama’s opponent for president as “a family man with high morals, business experience, who is against abortion, and shares Christian conviction concerning homosexuality.”
What I don’t understand, though, is why this is news.
My mother was raised in an extremely right-wing family. As she grew into adulthood (at the height of the sixties, I might add), she developed her own ideas and opinions, becoming quite liberal. There were never any turkey-throwing incidents at Thanksgiving over politics or anything, and I had no clue how different her views were from the rest of her side of the family until I was nearly an …
