HOLLYWOOD - The L Word star Jennifer Beals finds the opposition against gay marriage inAmerica "absolutely absurd" especially in the face of December's tsunami disaster.
The 41-year-old actress, who plays Bette Porter in the lesbian TV drama, is
"shocked" by the level of prejudice generated by same-sex weddings.
She says, "I'm always shocked that gay marriage is such a big deal.
"You have to realize how precious human life is, when there are tsunamis and
mudslides, when there are armies and terrorists--at any moment, you could be
gone, and potentially in the most brutal fashion.
"And then you have to realize that love is truly one of the most
extraordinary things you can experience in your life.
"To begrudge someone else their love of another person because of gender
seems to be absolutely absurd. It's based in fear, fear of the other, fear of
what is not like you.
"But when you are able to see lives on a day-to-day basis, rather than
reducing it to politics, then it humanizes a whole community of people that
were otherwise invisible."
Yale-educated Beals credits popular culture, such as her TV show, with
breaking down homosexual stereotypes as it enables "people see another side of
life".
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