Theron: 'I won't marry until equality'

Charlize Theron has insisted that she won't get married until her gay friends are legally allowed.

The Burning Plain star, who supported California's most recent gay marriage rally in May, has said that she has no plans to wed actor Stuart Townsend until there is marriage equality for all.

Theron told The View: "I don't want to get married because right now the institution of marriage feels very one-sided, and I want to live in a country where we all have equal rights.

"I think it would be exactly the same if we were married, but for me to go through that kind of ceremony, because I have so many friends who are gays and lesbians who would so badly want to get married... I wouldn't be able to sleep with myself."