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Friday, January 16, 2009
Hanks takes on the Mormons
Boy, when an all-American guy like Tom Hanks calls you un-American, you know you're in trouble.

Hanks used that word in connection with the way members of the LDS Church threw their money behind California's Prop. 8, the ban on same-sex marriage, according to this Fox News report.

The occasion was Wednesday night's premiere party for "Big Love," the HBO drama (which Hanks' company produces) about a polygamous family in Utah.

"The truth is this takes place in Utah, the truth is these people are some bizarre offshoot of the Mormon Church, and the truth is a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop. 8 happen,” Hanks said. "There are a lot of people who feel that is un-American and I am one of them. I do not like to see any discrimination codified on any piece of paper, any of the 50 states in America, but here's what happens now."

Hanks holds out hope that Prop. 8 will be overturned. "Let's have faith in not only the American, but Californian constitutional process,” he said.

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