From the ArcaMax Publishing, Entertainment News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/entertainmenttoday/s-638188-266953
LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Canadian director Paul Haggis has left the Church
of Scientology in a dispute over the church's support of a ban on
homosexual marriages, his spokesman said.
CNN said Haggis demanded the church denounce the actions of its San
Diego congregation, which allegedly came out in favor of Proposition
8, a California referendum that stripped same-sex couples of the right
to marry in the state.
Haggis, who won two Oscars for producing and writing "Crash" and was
nominated for a writing Oscar for "Million Dollar Baby," was not
immediately available for comment. His office said he was directing a
new Russell Crowe movie in Pennsylvania.
A Scientology spokesman, Tommy Davis, told CNN the San Diego church
was mistakenly listed as a supporter of Prop 8 on some campaign
materials and was removed from the list. Davis said Scientology was
"absolutely not anti-gay."
The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news of Haggis' departure
from the church.