Clint Eastwood told ‘GQ’ that Republicans should cut out the “sanctity crap” when it comes to gay marriage.
Clint Eastwood has been a Republican since he was 21 years old, but that doesn’t mean he agrees with the party’s tenacious assaults on marriage equality.
Speaking with ‘GQ’ magazine, the legendary actor and director declared, “These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don’t give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?!”
“We’re making a big deal out of things we shouldn’t be making a deal out of,” said Eastwood. “They go on and on with all this bullshit about ‘sanctity’ — don’t give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.”
Spoken like a true American cowboy.
But LGBT rights aren’t the only disagreement Eastwood has with the GOP: the actor fears the party has lost its way. “Over the years, I realized there was a Republican philosophy that I liked. And then they lost it,” he explained. “The libertarians had more of it. Because what I really believe is, let’s spend a little more time leaving everybody alone.”
Meanwhile, while we’re on the subject of Clint Eastwood; the actor is best known for his roles in movies like ‘Dirty Harry,’ ‘Play Misty For Me’ and even the romantic ‘Bridges of Madison County,’ but I’ve always preferred him in the surprisingly twisted 1971 flick ‘The Beguiled.’
Here’s the trailer:
September 15, 2011 at 6:12 am, Ken Howard, LCSW said:
Amen, Clint! I believe in people having the life they want, too. In fact, that’s the name of my book: “Self-Empowerment: Have the Life You Want!” — available in hardcover and paperback on LuLu.com, and as an e-book for Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook. AND I’m a gay, licensed psychotherapist (the book is based on my 19 years of practice), and I’m MARRIED to the most wonderful man (and our marriage is still valid, despite Prop 8 in California ruining it for couples after us…). Self-empowerment means living FREE of oppression of all kinds.
January 03, 2012 at 7:19 pm, Jeff said:
Ken,
Good job weaving that plug for your book in there. Next you ought to write a book on marketing
November 02, 2011 at 5:16 pm, Paula Perry said:
the beguiled scared the stuffing out of me!
November 16, 2011 at 11:04 am, Chopsticks2001 said:
Homosexuality is what’s taking this country down, that and abortion. Clint Eastwood’s and old man and he better be careful. He has been too long in Hollywood and it has corrupted him. Too bad I used to like Clint Eastwood. Now he’s just a corrupt foul-mouthed old pig. God forgive him calling the sanctity of marriage “crap.”
January 16, 2012 at 2:51 pm, Samuel Marks said:
In reference to the last paragraph: My favourite would be somewhere between “High Plains Drifter” and “The Unforgiven”:P
January 25, 2012 at 1:38 pm, VET03 said:
Anything by him, except Bridges of Madison County.
September 13, 2012 at 1:11 am, Cactus Riot » Sen. Melvin wants you to throw your furniture on the front lawn, or something like that said:
[...] And also: We’re making a big deal out of things we shouldn’t be making a deal out of…They go on and on with all this [BS] about ‘sanctity’ — don’t give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want. [...]