It goes without saying, the backlash over the Pope's comments was significant ... with even actor Wilson Cruz -- a gay actor known for his roles in "Star Trek" and "Mother of the Bride" -- speaking out to TMZ Tuesday and crapping on his holiness' slip of the tongue.
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00:00You know, Pride Month is about to begin, and I wondered what your take was on what the
00:08Pope has been reportedly saying behind closed doors, it kind of leaked out, he used the
00:14F word to describe, like I guess, gay people that are trying to become priests in seminary.
00:25I guess, first I'd say that I'm really disappointed in the language that he used, I know that
00:33he has been trying to lead a conversation about change within the Catholic Church, I
00:39grew up Catholic so I take it very personally, you know this is why I'm executive producing
00:43this documentary series called Not Part of the Plan, so that we can invite religions
00:48and religious leaders into a conversation so that these things don't happen, so these
00:55kinds of errors, these kinds of name-calling and kind of dehumanization of an entire group
01:02of people stops happening within churches, so I hope that this doc will help facilitate
01:09a conversation.
01:10Well that's amazing that you're doing that, you know, and I think it's something that,
01:14not just specifically the Catholic Church, just all churches.
01:18We're starting with the Mormon Church, and we'll continue to have season after season
01:23which will cover other religions.
01:25That's amazing man, and I know, how are you feeling going into Pride this year in particular,
01:33you know, I feel like there's always, you know, growth, but then there's always things
01:38that impede, you know?
01:39I think this Pride season is really important, we have to show up, I mean there's a lot,
01:44there are FBI and DOJ reports about possible violence, so we have to stay alert, take care
01:51of each other, but we also have to show up, you know, Pride is protest, it's not just
01:56a party, and so we have a lot to stand up for this year and to remind people that our
02:02rights are on the ballot.
02:04Absolutely, absolutely, get out there and vote, get out there and vote.
02:09Get out there and vote.