Chris Pratt responds to Ellen Page's criticism of "infamously anti-LGBTQ" Hillsong Church
Chris Pratt’s outspokenness about his Christian faith has become a staple of his public persona in recent months, and a recent appearance on Colbert in which he lightheartedly discussed a Bible-based diet prompted actress Ellen Page to call out Hillsong Church, Pratt’s place of worship, for being “infamously anti lgbtq.”
Page later doubled down on her criticism, tweeting, “If you are a famous actor and you belong to an organization that hates a certain group of people, don’t be surprised if someone simply wonders why it’s not addressed. Being anti LGBTQ is wrong, there aren’t two sides. The damage it causes it severe. Full stop. Sending love to all.” In response to criticism of her stance, Page added, “Conversion therapy and anti lgbtq rhetoric is extremely damaging. Children kill themselves. People suffer.”
The organization in question, the celebrity-laden Hillsong, has made it clear over the years that they find homosexuality to be a sin, and investigations have revealed a history that includes gay conversion therapy. They released a statement in 2015 saying that, while everyone is “welcome,” they “do not affirm a gay lifestyle and because of this we do not knowingly have actively gay people in positions of leadership.”