JEREMY IRONS: GAY MARRIAGE COULD LEAD TO INCEST
Oscar winning actor Jeremy Irons has come under fire for bizarrely suggesting that legalising gay marriage could lead to fathers marrying sons to avoid paying tax.
In a video interview with the Huffington Post, Irons, who currently stars in the historical series The Borgias, said he feared that same-sex marriage could create a loophole in inheritance tax laws.
The 64-year-old star first commented that he was concerned that by gay couples having full marriage rights and not just civil unions “somehow we debase, or we change, what marriage is. I just worry about that”.
He went to say: “Tax wise, it’s an interesting one. Could a father not marry his son? It’s not incest between men (because) incest (law) is there to protect us from inbreeding, but men don’t breed…”
Irons added: “I don’t have a strong feeling either way. Living with another animal, whether it be a husband or a dog, is great. It’s lovely to have someone to love. I don’t think sex matters at all. What it’s called doesn’t matter at all.”
Fellow UK actor, Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) – who is openly gay – tweeted in response: “I hate when people say they don’t have strong feelings about something then proceed to spew offensive and ignorant ones #jeremyirons.”
A spokesman for LGBT rights groups Stonewall told the Huffington Post UK: “Few people will agree with Jeremy Irons’ bizarre ‘concerns’ about equal marriage. Sadly his comments do seem to indicate he’s taken his role as a Pope in The Borgias a little too seriously.”
Watch Irons’ interview below.
Jeremy is one of those people that fail to accept homosexuality as normal. He still has that mindset of homosexuality as a psychiatrical disorderam hence his blatant remarks. Its best to ignore people like this as what they utter will continue to make us feel inferior to this precious life.
Mr Irons is an old school homosexual. He worries that bringing it all out into the open takes away the excitement. He wants to feel kinky and naughty when he “mentors” the beautiful young actors to cross his path.