Pitt and Jolie will marry 'when all are able to wed'

Brad Pitt, always the social activist, says he will not be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.

Brad Pitt, always the social activist, says he will not be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.

“Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able,” the 42-year-old actor says in Esquire magazine’s October issue, on US news-stands on September 19.

In the article he reflects on “15 things I think everyone should know”.

Though Shiloh, the world-famous daughter of Pitt and girlfriend/earth mother Jolie, hogged much attention on her birth in May, Pitt says he “cannot imagine life” without adopted children Maddox, five, and Zahara, one.

“They’re as much of my blood as any natural born, and I’m theirs,” says Pitt. “That’s all I can say about it. I can’t live without them. So: Anyone considering (adoption), that’s my vote.”

Pitt, who plays a world traveller in the upcoming drama Babel, subscribes to a laid-back parenting style.

“I try not to stifle them in any way,” he says. “If it’s not hurting anyone, I want them to be able to explore. Sometimes that means they’re quite rambunctious.”

He goes on: “I feel it’s really important to have that time to sit and talk to them.

“I really like that last minute before they fade off. And always give them a heads-up before you jerk them out of something. You need to tell them, like, ‘You have three more minutes’.”

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