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"When Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie confirmed their engagement, a lot of people were asking, &amp;quot;But what about the marriage equality thing?&amp;quot; Brad had said more than once that he and Angie would would wait to wed until everyone could get married, after all: &amp;quot;Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able,&amp;quot; he told Esquire in 2006. &amp;quot;When someone asked me why Angie and I don&amp;#x27;t get married, I replied, &amp;#x27;Maybe we&amp;#x27;ll get married when it&amp;#x27;s legal for everyone else.&amp;#x27; I stand by that ... ,&amp;quot; he told Parade in 2008. &amp;quot;I believe everyone should have the same rights.&amp;quot; By January of this year, he had started to change his tune, telling the Hollywood Reporter: &amp;quot;We made this declaration some time ago that we weren&amp;#x27;t going to do it till everyone can. But I don&amp;#x27;t think we&amp;#x27;ll be able to hold out. ... I&amp;#x27;m not going to go any further. [But] it means so much to my kids, and they ask a lot. And it means something to me, too, to make that kind of commitment.&amp;quot; I think when Brad finally put a ring on it, we all cut him a little slack in regards to his earlier statements. He and Angie have been together for seven years and have six children. People change, relationships change, and they were doing it&amp;amp;#8212;at least in part&amp;amp;#8212;for the kids. But then he had to start yapping about &amp;quot;marriage equality&amp;quot; again. As I mentioned this morning, Brad just told reporters at Cannes: &amp;quot;We have no [wedding] date at all. We&amp;#x27;re still hoping for marriage equality in the States before we [get married].&amp;quot; Is anyone else cringing? I mean, I agree with the sentiment 100 percent. I support marriage equality and I think waiting to marry until everyone can is a bold and noble move. I also think it&amp;#x27;s great for Brad and Angie to use their fame to bring attention to this and many other worthwhile causes. But they&amp;#x27;ve made it pretty clear lately that their kids want a wedding and they want to give them one. So unless they&amp;#x27;re actually going to hold off until everyone can get married&amp;amp;#8212;which, let&amp;#x27;s face it, might not happen in our lifetimes&amp;amp;#8212;I think Brad needs to stop talking about their wedding and marriage equality in the same sentence. It&amp;#x27;s a little awkward, right? You already had to back-pedal post-engagement, and if you keep singing the &amp;quot;marriage equality&amp;quot; tune, you&amp;#x27;re just going to have to back-pedal all over again when you get married before same-sex couples have the right to do so. (That said, as of 11:30 this morning, 45 percent of Save the Date readers said they think Brad and Ang will stay together&amp;amp;#8212;but they won&amp;#x27;t make it down the aisle!) Do you think Brad and Angelina will wait to get married until everyone can? Or do you think Brad needs stop yapping about marriage equality and his own marriage in the same breath? More miscellaneous wedding stuff: * As a Bridesmaid, Would You Rather Wear a Short Dress or a Long One? * Some Non-Ugly Stamps to Jazz Up Your Wedding Invites * A Super-Cute (Super-Cheap!) Way to Package Your Favors Photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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