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"Jane Pitt has an ally in her future daughter-in-law&amp;apos;s father, Jon Voight.\r\nAngeline Jolie&amp;apos;s dad, 73, spoke out to FOX411 during a recent interview about Pitt&amp;apos;s pro-Mitt Romney, anti-gay marriage letter (published by the Springfield News-Leader June 14), which, since its release, has garnered intense backlash -- and a few death threats from angry readers.\r\nTelling the host he agreed with the views of Brad Pitt&amp;apos;s mom, Voight said, &amp;quot;Good for her!&amp;quot; (The ultra-conservative actor is no stranger to political controversy himself -- he once denounced President Obama for championing &amp;quot;anti-Semitism throughout the world.&amp;quot;)\r\n\r\nIn her letter to the News-Leader, Pitt criticized Obama, urging Christian voters to support Romney instead, and in doing so &amp;quot;give their vote prayerful consideration&amp;quot; by staying true to the religion&amp;apos;s anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage views.\r\nThough Brad and his younger brother Doug Pitt don&amp;apos;t happen to share their mother&amp;apos;s conservative views, Doug opened up on the TODAY show recently about the &amp;quot;healthy&amp;quot; political debates that go on within their family.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I think moms and dads and kids agree to disagree all over the world,&amp;quot; he told Matt Lauer. &amp;quot;So why would our family be any different? There can be healthy discussion when people disagree with you.&amp;quot;\r\nAdded the Missouri native, &amp;quot;The bad thing is when it turns to venom and negativity, and we don&amp;apos;t have any of that in our family. It&amp;apos;s open discussion.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFor Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -- who got engaged this spring -- the fight for marriage equality is still a major factor when it comes to setting a date for their nuptials.\r\n&amp;quot;We actually, really and truly, have no date,&amp;quot; Pitt, 48, told reporters at Cannes in May. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re still hoping that we can figure out marriage equality in the states before that date.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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