Brad Pitt has announced he is donating $100,000 to help fight California’s Proposition 8, which is a November ballot initiative that would eliminate same-sex couples’ right to marry.

In a statement the 44-year-old actor says “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.”

Chad Griffin. a political strategist who is trying to help coordinate efforts in the entertainment industry to defeat Prop 8 adds “it is our hope that others in the entertainment industry will step up and match Brad Pitt’s heroic commitment to quality and defeating Prop. 8. This isn’t a special interest issue - this measure affects every business and every family. With California’s budget and the national economy in chaos, the last thing we need is an unnecessary measure that threatens health benefits and protections for children.”

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