Tom Hanks must have gotten some meth in his box of chocolates. The actor, film maker, and producer won't likely be invited to remake Mr. Kruger's Christmas or teach Constitutional Law anytime soon based on his latest display of anti-Mormon blather/ignorance:
“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,” he told Tarts. “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. A little bit of light can be shed, and people can see who's responsible, and that can motivate the next go around of our self correcting Constitution, and hopefully we can move forward instead of backwards. So let's have faith in not only the American, but Californian, constitutional process.”
The truth actually isn't that the "a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop-8 happen." The truth is a lot of Californians, and a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to a lot of different organizations in order to participate in the American political process.
La Shawn Barber brings up a great point in his recent blog that while 70% of blacks voted for Prop-8 Hanks seems to have withheld his "un-American" status from them.
Probably a smart move Forrest.
Did Tom actually call Mormons "Un-American?" Not really, but I got the picture. I'm not sure what he actually was hoping to get across with this nonsense. Perhaps pandering to his Hollywood crowd (of course tossing a wink to Mel Gibson "you know what I'm talking about Mel") but c'mon. He's making money hand over fist on a dramatization of modern polygamy (he's a producer of Big Love on HBO) and ignorance sells. You know what doesn't sell for me though? Half baked civics lessons and "facts" celebrities regurgitate from PerezHilton. Tom, get yourself a Dr. Pepper and book a TransPacific flight on FedEx. Wilson would be ashamed.
