--- title: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Got Married —Not All LGBT Americans Can description: Pitt repeatedly said he'd wait to tie the knot until everyone in the country could (they still can't) canonical: https://time.com/3206331/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-brangelina-married-gay-marriage/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-28T15:43:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:47.531Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Hey Brangelina, Not Everyone in the U.S. Can Get Married Yet og:description: Pitt previously said the couple would wait until everyone could og:url: https://time.com/3206331/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-brangelina-married-gay-marriage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b9b705022c548dd/6986a13f810bbb30e6c93324/brangelina-married.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hey Brangelina, Not Everyone in the U.S. Can Get Married Yet twitter:description: Pitt previously said the couple would wait until everyone could twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b9b705022c548dd/6986a13f810bbb30e6c93324/brangelina-married.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hey Brangelina, Not Everyone in the U.S. Can Get Married Yet > Sponsored content. 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It features 35 rooms and, importantly, an ancient chapel._  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 28, 2014 3:43 PM UTC  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt and Angelina JolieJustin Tallis—PA Wire/Press Association Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 28, 2014 3:43 PM UTC Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie [got married last weekend](http://time.com/3206154/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-married/), which is great news for people who like to fantasize about celebrity weddings, and bad news for those still carrying a torch for #TeamJen. It’s also frustrating news for the LGBT activists who’d prefer their straight allies not backtrack in their commitment to the cause of marriage equality — something that’s still not available in all 50 states. In 2006, [Pitt told _Esquire_](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1533247,00.html) that he and Jolie would “consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able.” A few years later, [he reaffirmed his position to _Parade_](http://parade.condenast.com/40201/dotsonrader/brad-pitt-on-real-love/): --- > “” --- As marriage equality arrived in a few more states — like in New York in 2011 — Pitt made it clear he still wasn’t satisfied [in a statement to _People_ magazine](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20507198,00.html): --- > “” --- Here’s the thing: that day has not yet come. Only a handful of states in the U.S. allow same-sex couples to get married, [according to this map](http://www.lambdalegal.org/states-regions) from LGBT rights organization Lambda Legal. As laws have changed incrementally, though, some celebrity couples who had previously been hesitant about marrying went ahead with their plans. _Veronica Mars_ actress Kristen Bell seemed to echo Pitt’s sentiments when she told _The Advocate_ in 2012 that she was holding off on marrying Dax Shepard because she didn’t “feel appropriate taking advantage of a right” denied to her gay and lesbian friends. In other interviews, she clarified that she was talking about California specifically: “We’ve been very vocal about not wanting to be married in a state that doesn’t allow that right to all of its citizens,” [she told Celebuzz](http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-08-14/hit-run-couple-kristen-bell-and-dax-shepard-on-playing-onscreen-lovers-they-do-mirror-a-portion-of-us/). “We’ll wait until California gets on the right side of history.” ([Bell eventually proposed](https://twitter.com/IMKristenBell/statuses/349901645343232000/) to Shepard on Twitter after [a Supreme Court ruling in June 2013](http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/%5Fnews/2013/06/26/19151971-supreme-court-strikes-down-defense-of-marriage-act-paves-way-for-gay-marriage-to-resume-in-california?lite) allowed same-sex marriage to resume in California.) The reasons for Pitt and Jolie’s apparent reversal on marriage are less clear. The two — who, to be clear, aren’t under any obligation or mandtate to wait at all — might have changed because of the kids. Several weeks before making his statement about New York state, [Pitt suggested to _USA Today_‘s weekend edition](http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20110527/ENTERTAINMENT01/105290313/Exclusive-Interview-Brad-Pitt-family-guy?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage) that his children were pushing for marriage and that his previous commitment to waiting was possibly wavering. “The kids ask about marriage,” [he told the paper.](http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20110527/ENTERTAINMENT01/105290313/Exclusive-Interview-Brad-Pitt-family-guy?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage) “It’s meaning more and more to them. 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