Brad Pitt is a gay-friendly actor, partly because of his understanding and support of the gay community, and partly because he got his bum out in Troy.

And now the gay community needs Brad Pitt more than ever. Remember how the gay marriage ban was overturned in California recently? Well, that might be overturned soon, and the gay community is worried about the proposed overturn of the overturn. That’s why Brad Pitt has donated $100,000 to fight the overturn. Not because he’s sensitive to gay issues, but because he’s sick of everyone saying the word ‘overturn’ all the poxy time.

So, having fixed Africa, New Orleans and now civil unions between homosexuals, Brad Pitt can move onto tackling his most serious issue yet – the way that sometimes you buy a CD and the teeth that are supposed to hold the CD in place have broken and the CD slides about all over the place. We’re with you all the way, Brad.

Brad Pitt has long been a supporter of gay marriage. Well, actually we say that but we have our doubts.

Why? Because Brad Pitt famously once said that he’d only marry Angelina Jolie when all the gay people in America were allowed to get married. That sounds sensitive but it’s actually just a polite way of saying that he doesn’t want to get married to Angelina Jolie at all.

We know this because we’ve tried that tactic as well. But then gay marriage got legalised in the UK soon afterwards and we had to quickly make something up about not wanting to get married because of the offensive way that the government still hasn’t passed a law allowing kittens to get married to lampshades. Incidentally, that line’s yours if you want it, Brad.

Anyway, maybe Brad Pitt is more sensitive to the needs of the gay community than we’re giving him credit for, because he’s just donated $100,000 to fight Proposition 8, an initiative to re-ban the recently unbanned gay marriage in California. E! Online reports:

“Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn’t harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8,” the Burn After Reading star said in a statement.

“By the way,” the statement continued, “in my new movie I play a fitness instructor and there are totally loads of scenes of me jogging around in hardly any clothes. I did that for you, gays.”

It’s a nice move, but it’s unlikely to make a difference. Brad Pitt’s donation has put the anti-Proposition 8 fund total up to $11.1 million, but the pro-Proposition 8 movement has so far raised a much more impressive $16.6 million. Since this matter will ultimately be judged on which side can buy the most ostentatiously large yacht, it looks like Brad Pitt’s quest might be doomed.

But why is Brad Pitt so keen on keeping gay marriage in California? It’s simple – if gay marriage is banned then George Takei won’t be married any more and will have to return all his wedding gifts. And Brad Pitt would much rather pay $100,000 than see that kitschy ironic 12-foot fibreglass statue of a flamingo ever again.