A couple of months ago there was a bit of a furore over a letter Brad Pitt’s mom sent to her local newspaper, where she said Barack Obama’s support for marriage equality was one good reason not to vote for him.

However Brad’s support for both Obama and gay marriage is undimmed, telling The Telegraph at a recent screening of his forthcoming film Killing Them Softly, that ‘Gay marriage is inevitable. The next generation, they get it. It is just a matter of time before it becomes a reality.’ He adds, ‘I am an Obama supporter and I’m backing his election campaign.’

While that that means he and his mom and going to have to agree to disagree, Brad has long shown his support for equality, releasing messages in support of New York enacting equal marriage legislation, starring in a reading of Dustin Lance’s Black play 8 and vowing not to marry Angelina Jolie until everyone can wed (although he’s since said he might not be able to keep to that one).

A few weeks ago, Jane Pitt, mother of Brad, was revealed to be against gay marriage in a letter she wrote to her local newspaper, saying people should vote for Mitt Romney even though he’s a Mormon, because, among other things, Barack Obama is for equal marriage.

It was reported soon afterwards that Angelina Jolie was furious, as she and Brad are well known gay rights advocates. Now the National Enquirer (so feel free to take this with a pinch of salt), says Brad is actively looking for a gay role in the hope of showing his mum she’s wrong, or indeed just distancing himself further from her opinions.

The Enquirer reports Pitt’s mother’s ‘gay-bashing fast-tracked the deal’. A source says, ‘It turns out Brad’s actually wanted to play a gay man for years, feeling it would add dimension to his work as an actor.’

After Jane’s letter was release, the magazine says Brad told producers, ‘I’ll do whatever it takes to make this film happen.’ The fact the article seems undecided if Pitt is putting together a particular project or just looking for one, does make the entire thing seem dubious, although don’t be shocked if Brad does find a gay role, as it’s difficult to believe he’d be against it. Indeed, he’s already got very homoerotic in Interview With The Vampire and, arguably, Fight Club, and he recently played the judge in a staged reading of Dustin Lance Black’s play 8, about the legal battle over Prop 8 in California, which would ban gay marriage in the state.

Many were surprised last week when the mother of Brad Pitt came out as being against gay marriage in a letter to her local newspaper. The letter encouraged people to vote for Mitt Romney, which slamming Obama for coming out in support of same-sex couple being allowed to wed. It raised many eyebrows as Brad is known as one of the most staunch supporters of equal marriage in Hollywood.

Now Brad’s brother Doug has addressed his mom’s letter during an appearance on NBC’s The Today Show in the US, where he was promoting a new Virgin ad campaign that dubs him, ‘The second most famous Pitt in his family’. He stated, “Moms and dads and kids agree to disagree all over the world, so why would our family be any different?”

Doug added, “There can be healthy discussion when people disagree with you, and I think there should be. The bad thing is when it turns into venom and negativity and we don’t have that in our family. It’s open discussion, we can learn from each other. If anything, it solidifies your point or maybe you learn something.”

Despite his mum’s thought, Brad has been a staunch ally in the fight for LGBT equality. He contributed $100,000 to the campaign to defeat California’s Proposition 8 in 2008 and more recently joined cast of the Los Angeles production of 8, the play by Dustin Lance Black about the trial that resulted in the overturning of Proposition 8.

Brad Pitt is well known as one of the biggest proponents of LGBT equality in Hollywood, and previously stated he wouldn’t get married to Angelina Jolie until the right was extended to all couples (although more recently they decided to get hitched anyway). However it appears his mother may not share his sentiments.

Pitt’s mum, Jane, wrote a letter to her local Springfield, Missouri newspaper, the News Leader (which confirmed it was indeed her and not someone using her name), outlining her opposition to President Obama, including his support for equal marriage.

In trying to argue that Christians should vote for Mitt Romney, even though he’s a Mormon, she writes, “Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama – a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage.”

At least her son doesn’t share those sentiments.