She was fine with the Church's stance towards gays until she learned her brother was gay. Now that one of her loved ones is affected, she's all concerned.

That's kind of silly.

Either you believe that what you believe is the word of God or you don't.

I don't understand religion shopping?

Good for Ms Hathaway! I have long disagreed with a lot of the catholic church's policies, starting with celibacy and ending with the obscene wealth that the pope is sitting on at a time when churches and schools are closing due to lack of money.

I disagree with the man-made laws such as fasting during lent, mandatory chuch attendance (IMHO, one doesnt have to go to a particular place to pray to God; you can do that anywhere the spirit strikes you.), birth control, oppression of women, etc You are threatened with hellfire and damnation if you dont follow these man-made rules religiously. (lol)

Celibacy is the reason for most of the pedophile priests. Celibacy was mandated in the Middle Ages because if a wealthy, married priest died, his money would go to his family but if he wasnt married, the money would go to the church. Greed, not being able to serve God better without the distraction of a family, was the reason for that man-made law.

They dont allow women to be priests because the church considers women to be inferior to men.

To me, there was just too much negativity and oppressive rules that I couldnt live with so I decided that I could no longer be a catholic.

Good for her. One on the MANY reasons I'm no longer a Catholic. The list is long!

Using the "F" word so easily in a sentence, it appears she wasn't seeking anything higher anyway. Why belong to a denomination just because?

good for her. but, this is rather old and should have run when you did the british gq story on her.

The Bible is so loaded with contradictions -- I believe Abelard compiled some 99 of them in Sic et Non -- that taking it with anything less than a grain of salt seems impossible except for those possessing multiple personality disorder. Most pick and choose. Unfortunately, some select the most empathy impaired and cruel passages as their guiding light (or darkness).

As for how nonsensical religion is, consider the following letter to the Irish Times quoted by another poster elsewhere:

"This is the the same “faith” that believes that a cosmic Jew who was his own father by a virgin can enable you to live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh, drink his blood and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from something invisible called your soul that is present because a woman made from a rib was convinced by a talking snake to eat an apple from a magical tree.

" -- letter to the Irish Times

Of course in the Catholic faith, the flesh and blood are literal. Don't believe me? Look up "transubstantiation."

The Catholic Church is one of the great criminal enterprises of human history, an example of racketeering raised to high art, and I can't understand why anyone would be a member of it for any reason whatsoever. But Anne's walking away from it is better late than never, whatever the reason, I suppose.

It might not make you a hateful person, Fred.......but the point of view is nonsensical to me. If people are created by God....then why did God create homosexuals? I think I can hear the answer that will follow....well, people choose to be homosexual and thus choose to sin. This is where the nonsensical part of the argument kicks in for me by religious folks. I am assuming you are male, so the question that follows is do you choose to like women? Do you daily have to make a choice (sit there and think about it for a second)....do you have to look at men and women and actively decide I like the opposite sex? If you do, you are the only person I have ever come across who does. I'm female and I like men. I don't think about it.......I don't decide.....I don't choose. It just simply is. So, by the same logic it must be the same for homosexuals. They just do. They don't actively choose and they don't decide. So, I return to my original question.......if it is so sinful, why did God create homosexuals who have no say over their sexuality? It would just seem cruel that such a benevolent figure would want individuals to lie about who they are and who they love. It just doesn't seem right.

Atta girl, Anne! Not bad for a "liberal elitest" (whatever that means). :)

if your church doesn't fit your lifestyle drop it?....or if it tells your committing sin should you look for one that tells you it's ok?

watch anne

http://whhy.net/anne_hathaway.html

Catholic church doesn't want her either.

Stand...applaud.

Ms Hathaway has a new movie coming out and she has to say something so the right liberals will notice and so saying something negative about religion, especially Catholics will get her just the publicity she needs and wants. If it takes using her brother's sexual orientation to do this then so be it. It is all fake outrage.