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Alec Baldwin dismisses his younger brotherââ¬â¢s anti-gay prejudice
Alec and Stephen Baldwin
Alec and Stephen Baldwin clash over gay marriage stance
"People like that, whether or not Iââ¬â¢m related to them... just single out groups of people that they hate"
Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly about his younger brother’s infamous remarks concerning same-sex marriage.
Stephen Baldwin, who became a born-again Christian following the 9/11 attacks on New York, declared his distaste with same-sex marriage on the Howard Stern radio show early this year.
“I don’t believe that gay marriage is in line with God’s word, which is found in the bible,’ he said, without hinting whether he’s as rigid a follower of the rest of Leviticus’s tenets.
Alec, on the other hand, is not only the more successful of the Baldwin brothers but also the most liberal, dismissing his brother’s opinions as straightforward bigotry.
“In the modern political world, people like that, whether or not I’m related to them, only help us raise money,” he told America’s Advocate magazine.
“They want to ban gay marriage because those people are incapable of having a biological family, that’s their only argument.
“You can ban gay marriage, but if you’re going to make it fair, then you have to ban marriage for everybody else who won’t produce children.
“But they just single out groups of people that they hate.”
The Oscar-nominated star, currently receiving rave reviews in the TV comedy 30 Rock, had previously threatened to leave the US if George W Bush was elected president. He may not have stood by his word, but he did do a genius turn in Will and Grace.
