Today Show: Canadian Hollywood director Paul Haggis splits with Scientology

"Crash" director Paul Haggis has severed ties with the Church of Scientology, in part because of what he says is the organization's stance against gay marriage.
Apparently that sort of thing doesn't happen in outer space.
Haggis wrote a letter to Tommy Davis, the head of Scientology's Celebrity Center. Haggis wrote he was disappointed by the church's tacit backing of California's gay-marriage ban.
The 56-year-old Haggis, who won an Oscar in 2005 for cowriting "Crash," said he was quitting the church after 35 years. "I could not, in good conscience, be a member of an organization where gay-bashing was tolerated," Haggis wrote.
The letter, dated Aug. 19, was published in a blog about Scientology and has since been widely circulated online. Ziggy Kozlowski, a publicist for Haggis, confirmed the director wrote the letter and that it was to remain private.

Full letter: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/10/crash_director.ph...

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