Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Ellen Page Criticizes Chris Pratt's Church

I think Ellen is absolutely right to be critical of a church that superficially accepts LGBT members, while not allowing them leadership roles. Chris Pratt is very well known and I'm sure he has a lot of young, impressionable fans who will look into his personal life and get curious about this "church" that he is affiliated with. They are likely to either want to join that church, or one of it's "sister" churches or think they are okay joining a similar church.


If you've been anywhere near the internet in the last week, you'll already know that Ellen Page has been making headlines recently for calling out hate and homophobia.

Appearing on Stephen Colbert's The Late Show, Ellen made an impassioned speech about leaders who "promote hatred and intolerance". The video, which has been watched more than 15 million times, has since gone viral, with almost 90,000 retweets.

And she didn't stop there. Not long after her interview, Chris Pratt appeared on the same show to talk about his spirituality. However, Ellen clearly wasn't impressed, tweeting about his church being "infamously anti LGBTQ".

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