Matthew McConaughey

---
name: "Matthew McConaughey"
relatedPeople:
  - "steve-carell"
  - "matt-leblanc"
  - "jason-derulo"
  - "macaulay-culkin"
date: "2012-11-07"
sources:
  - sourceTitle: "No use putting out the welcome Matt."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.nzherald.co.nz/movies/news/article.cfm?c_id=200&objectid=188381"
  - sourceTitle: "Matthew McConaughey & Camila Alves: All The Details Of Their Unforgettable Wedding."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2012/06/17/matthew_mcconaughey_camila_alves_all_"
  - sourceTitle: "Matthew McConaughey & His Family Enjoy Some Church Time."
    sourceUrl: "http://socialitelife.com/matthew-mcconaughey-his-family-enjoy-some-church-time-photos-03-2012"
  - sourceTitle: "Celebrity Republicans."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/11770/Politics/Celebrity+Republicans.aspx"
  - sourceTitle: "Matthew McConaughey – Famous Republicans."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.zimbio.com/Famous+Republicans/articles/DZ2gnA58BDP/Matthew+McConaughey"
  - sourceTitle: "The Grand Ol' Party: Famous Republicans."
    sourceUrl: "http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/71816259.html?page=10"
  - sourceTitle: "Matthew McConaughey is a REPUB!"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4833606"
  - sourceTitle: "Matthew McConaughey No Shirt No Problem."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2012/05/16/matthew-mcconaughey-no-shirt-no-problem?page=0,0"
  - sourceTitle: "Democratic National Convention 2012: Slew Of Celebrities Scheduled To Support Obama In North Carolina."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.enstarz.com/articles/6148/20120904/democratic-national-convention-2012-slew-of-celebrities-scheduled-to-support-obama-in-north-carolina.htm"
summaries:
  religion: "McConaughey grew up Methodist, but appears to be a Catholic these days."
  politicalViews: "Despite much speculation, we don't know his political affiliations."
---

Matthew McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas and grew up there and in Longview, Texas.

McConaughey was raised Methodist. His parents took his name from the Bible and apparently were pretty serious about it. On why he never shortened his name to "Matt," the actor said,

>[My mother] said: 'Your name is Matthew, I named you after the Bible. It is not Matt, do not ever answer to Matt in your life.' It was like 'Yes mam', so that's one of the things when people go 'Matt', I say 'Matthew, please'.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nzherald.co.nz%2Fmovies%2Fnews%2Farticle.cfm%3Fc_id%3D200%26objectid%3D188381" title="No use putting out the welcome Matt.">[1]</a>

But McConaughey was married in 2012 to a Brazilian woman in a Catholic ceremony,<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starpulse.com%2Fnews%2Findex.php%2F2012%2F06%2F17%2Fmatthew_mcconaughey_camila_alves_all_" title="Matthew McConaughey &amp; Camila Alves: All The Details Of Their Unforgettable Wedding.">[2]</a> and it appears he and his family attend church.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fsocialitelife.com%2Fmatthew-mcconaughey-his-family-enjoy-some-church-time-photos-03-2012" title="Matthew McConaughey &amp; His Family Enjoy Some Church Time.">[3]</a> So chances are that he has a much stronger connection these days to the faith of his wife than to that of his childhood.


## Too Texas to be a Democrat; too hippy to be a Republican

There is much speculation that McConaughey is a Republican.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.listafterlist.com%2Ftabid%2F57%2Flistid%2F11770%2FPolitics%2FCelebrity%2BRepublicans.aspx" title="Celebrity Republicans.">[4]</a> But the evidence for that ranges from absolutely none to sketchy at best. One site seemed to think that because he called himself "a proud, patriotic American," that meant he was conservative.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zimbio.com%2FFamous%2BRepublicans%2Farticles%2FDZ2gnA58BDP%2FMatthew%2BMcConaughey" title="Matthew McConaughey – Famous Republicans.">[5]</a> I'm gonna have to call bullshit there. And if they think he's conservative because he's from Texas, they're going to have to come up with something better than that to convince me.

But then again, some people think he couldn't possibly be a Republican because he's a hippy who doesn't like to bathe,<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com%2F71816259.html%3Fpage%3D10" title="The Grand Ol&apos; Party: Famous Republicans.">[6]</a> or because he smokes pot and likes to play the bongos naked.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2Fdiscuss%2Fduboard.php%3Faz%3Dview_all%26address%3D105x4833606" title="Matthew McConaughey is a REPUB!">[7]</a> Bullshit indicator lights up again.

When it comes down to it, we just don't know which side of the aisle McConaughey stands on, if he stands anywhere. He is thankful for his gay fans and is supportive of the gay community,<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.advocate.com%2Fprint-issue%2Fcurrent-issue%2F2012%2F05%2F16%2Fmatthew-mcconaughey-no-shirt-no-problem%3Fpage%3D0%2C0" title="Matthew McConaughey No Shirt No Problem.">[8]</a> but he hasn't come out in support of gay marriage that I could find. He hasn't talked about abortion, gun control, immigration reform, or health care–all divisive issues on the American political landscape. He was spotted jogging with George Clooney before the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.enstarz.com%2Farticles%2F6148%2F20120904%2Fdemocratic-national-convention-2012-slew-of-celebrities-scheduled-to-support-obama-in-north-carolina.htm" title="Democratic National Convention 2012: Slew Of Celebrities Scheduled To Support Obama In North Carolina.">[9]</a> but we're really stretching here.

Before we become guilty of taking turning non-indicative tidbits into political affiliation, let's give it a rest, because we just don't know about McConaughey.

Ann May Ceniza

In an interview with Advocate, talking about his film Magic Mike

Religious Beliefs

Fact about the LGBTQ+ views of Matthew McConaughey

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