Gee, talk about "off the reservation," brad Pitt's mom writes LTE slamming Obama.

Wow. I wonder what Thanksgiving is going to be like now? 

Brad Pitt's Mother Pens Anti-Gay, Anti-Obama Letter to Local Newspaper

4:24 PM PDT 7/5/2012 by Seth Abramovitch

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Jane Pitt calls the president "a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage" just months after her son reveals his support of Obama in a THR cover story.

An anti-gay letter urging Christians to vote for Mitt Romney that was printed today in The Springfield News-Leader has been confirmed by the newspaper as having been penned by Jane Pitt, mother of Brad Pitt.

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The verification comes amid some confusion, as the Missouri newspaper first printed an editor's note denying any relation between the letter writer and movie star. That was later replaced with a second editor's note, reading, "To clear up earlier confusion, the News-Leader has verified the letter writer is the mother of actor Brad Pitt and local businessman Doug Pitt."

The letter -- itself a response to another opinion piece in the newspaper justifying Christians' rights to refuse to vote for Romney because he is a Mormon -- identifies Mrs. Pitt as "a Christian [who differs] with the Mormon religion."

But, Pitt continues, "any Christian should spend much time in prayer before refusing to vote for a family man with high morals, business experience, who is against abortion, and shares Christian conviction concerning homosexuality just because he is a Mormon."

Pitt goes on to write that "any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama — a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage."

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I know the feeling, Jane.  My brother-in-law is former and quasi-Republican Commissioner Marc Boldt, who I now oppose for re-election, given his propensity to vote democrat on the issues confronting us here in Clark County.

I haven't spent time with him, or most of the rest of the family on that side, for around 4 years now... I don't expect that I ever will.

But you shouldn't have to give up your First Amendment rights merely because people around you disagree with your perspective.  I'm sure, in time, Brad will forgive you for daring to oppose the moron occupying the White House.