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Oracle of DelphiTom Hanks Apologises To Mormons
January 24th 2009 05:51
Oscar winner Tom Hanks is softening his critique of Mormons, after coming under attack by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, for calling supporters of California's anti-gay marriage ballot initiative "un-American."
"The truth is a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop 8 happen," Hanks said at last week's LA premiere of Big Love, the HBO series he executive-produces about polygamist Mormons. "There are a lot of people who feel that is un-American, and I am one of them."
A rep for the church fired back to Fox News, "Expressing an opinion in a free democratic society is as American as it gets."
Hanks issued a statement earlier today expressing regret over his choice of words. "I believe Proposition 8 is counter to the promise of our Constitution; it is codified discrimination," the statement reads in part. "But everyone has a right to vote their conscience. Nothing could be more America."
Hanks also said in the statement that using the term "un-American" creates even more unncessary division: "No one," he said "should use 'un-American' lightly or in haste."
A rep for Hanks could not be immediately reached, nor could a representative for the church.
"The truth is a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop 8 happen," Hanks said at last week's LA premiere of Big Love, the HBO series he executive-produces about polygamist Mormons. "There are a lot of people who feel that is un-American, and I am one of them."
A rep for the church fired back to Fox News, "Expressing an opinion in a free democratic society is as American as it gets."
Hanks issued a statement earlier today expressing regret over his choice of words. "I believe Proposition 8 is counter to the promise of our Constitution; it is codified discrimination," the statement reads in part. "But everyone has a right to vote their conscience. Nothing could be more America."
Hanks also said in the statement that using the term "un-American" creates even more unncessary division: "No one," he said "should use 'un-American' lightly or in haste."
A rep for Hanks could not be immediately reached, nor could a representative for the church.
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