Film star Charlize Theron has hit out at US gay marriage laws - branding the current discriminatory regulations "a form of apartheid".
Film star Charlize Theron has hit out at US gay marriage laws - branding the current discriminatory regulations "a form of apartheid".
The South African-born actress is furious that same-sex unions have not yet been legalised in her adopted country, insisting she will not marry long-term beau Stuart Townsend "until the laws are changed".
Comparing the US's rules on same-sex marriages to her native country's past apartheid laws, the Oscar winner said: "I don't like living in an elitist world, it bothers me.
"I don't want to be part of an elitist sexual preference. It bothers me, maybe it's because I come from a country where I lived under apartheid but this is a form of apartheid and I don't want to be a part of that.
"My ability to get married is a piece of me that I wish I could give to somebody who it would mean so much to. We should all have the chance.
"It's just so caveman, I can't believe we're still talking about it [laws on gay marriages]. " - Wenn
'Gay laws just like apartheid'
Film star Charlize Theron has hit out at US gay marriage laws - branding the current discriminatory regulations "a form of apartheid".
Film star Charlize Theron has hit out at US gay marriage laws - branding the current discriminatory regulations "a form of apartheid".
The South African-born actress is furious that same-sex unions have not yet been legalised in her adopted country, insisting she will not marry long-term beau Stuart Townsend "until the laws are changed".
Comparing the US's rules on same-sex marriages to her native country's past apartheid laws, the Oscar winner said: "I don't like living in an elitist world, it bothers me.
"I don't want to be part of an elitist sexual preference. It bothers me, maybe it's because I come from a country where I lived under apartheid but this is a form of apartheid and I don't want to be a part of that.
"My ability to get married is a piece of me that I wish I could give to somebody who it would mean so much to. We should all have the chance.
"It's just so caveman, I can't believe we're still talking about it [laws on gay marriages]. " - Wenn
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