Jimmie "J.J." Walker is against gay marriage on "moral grounds," despite being "as much a heathen as anybody."

Posted by Randy Shulman
July 18, 2012 5:31 PM |
Jimmie Walker

CNN: You're also against gay marriage. Walker: Yeah I am. There's just certain traditions that need to be upheld. I'll give you the other side of it, no it doesn't affect me, no it doesn't change my life. There's just traditions that need to be dealt with. I'm a believer that gay marriage should be passed because the battle is not worth the war. The gay lobby is very loud. I'm totally against it. In 100 years from now, people are going to go, 'Who was against gay marriage?' And I'll be one of those idiots and say, 'That's me.' I'm just against it on moral grounds, that's it. I'm as much a heathen as anybody. I just don't believe on moral grounds it should be done. I don't like it, I don't accept it.

Jimmie "J.J." Walker, star of the 1970s sitcom Good Times, explains his opposition to same-sex marriage in an interview with Nicki Gostin on CNN.com.

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