Friday, January 23, 2009

Tom Hanks apologizes to LDS for calling them un-American

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482266,00.html

"Last week, I labeled members of the Mormon church who supported California's Proposition 8 as 'un-American,'" the actor said in a statement through his publicist. "I believe Proposition 8 is counter to the promise of our Constitution; it is codified discrimination."

"But everyone has a right to vote their conscience; nothing could be more American," the statement continues. "To say members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who contributed to Proposition 8 are 'un-American' creates more division when the time calls for respectful disagreement. No one should use 'un- American' lightly or in haste. I did. I should not have."

2 comments:

DaPaPaG said...

He's still a jerk...(ok, in my opinion)...
Kenny

Grandma's Cookie Jar said...

That's ok Kenny. I agree with you. However, it's a Hollywood thing. You want to meet Sodom and Gomorrah, just go to tinsel town where the world thinks 'Hollywood' is the mecca for the right (ahhh, wrong!) answers. But they have the chance to repent and God does love all his children. I have a hard time with that one, ulp! :o/