Ryan Reynolds

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name: "Ryan Reynolds"
relatedPeople:
  - "tom-waits"
  - "bill-murray"
  - "jared-padalecki"
  - "adrien-brody"
date: "2012-05-24"
sources:
  - sourceTitle: "Ryan Reynolds #17 of Sexiest Men 2011"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/celebrity/biographies/ryan-reynolds"
  - sourceTitle: "Ryan Reynolds Quotes on Love, Life and Being Sexy"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.celebritiesquotes.com/Ryan-Reynolds-Quotes.php"
  - sourceTitle: "Scarlett Johansson Opens Up About Ryan Reynolds Divorce & Dating Sean Penn"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2012/04/12/scarlett_johansson_opens_up_about_ryan"
  - sourceTitle: "Ryan Reynolds: Vote Barack Obama!"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.justjared.com/2008/08/04/ryan-reynolds-barack-obama/"
  - sourceTitle: "Ryan Reynolds's Federal Campaign Contribution Report"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Ryan_Reynolds.php"
  - sourceTitle: "Ryan Reynolds: On Environmental Innovators"
    sourceUrl: "http://tumblr.innovationforendurance.com/post/9929070342/ryan-reynolds-on-environmental-innovators"
  - sourceTitle: "Ryan Reynolds's Charity Work, Events and Causes"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1543-ryan-reynolds"
  - sourceTitle: "Ryan Reynolds: In a Greener World"
    sourceUrl: "http://tumblr.innovationforendurance.com/post/9600682116/ryan-reynolds-in-a-greener-world-ryan-reynolds"
summaries:
  religion: "Reynolds was born and raised a Catholic, but seems to have rejected religion altogether."
  politicalViews: "Reynolds is an Obama-supporting, environmentalist liberal."
---

Ryan Reynolds was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Reynolds comes from a large family with strong Irish roots. He was brought up Catholic.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.glamourmagazine.co.uk%2Fcelebrity%2Fbiographies%2Fryan-reynolds" title="Ryan Reynolds #17 of Sexiest Men 2011">[1]</a>

Reynolds is very succinct in his views on religion today, saying:

>Religion poisons everything good in this world.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.celebritiesquotes.com%2FRyan-Reynolds-Quotes.php" title="Ryan Reynolds Quotes on Love, Life and Being Sexy">[2]</a>

Still, this doesn't necessarily make him an atheist. Maybe he just feels that organized religion has polluted the greater message, you know, like Thomas Jefferson. Maybe he's a deist.

However, this quote reeks of contempt, maybe even emotional scarring. Perhaps Reynolds resents his religious upbringing. Whatever the case may be, Reynolds isn't that orthodox of a Catholic. He did get a divorce, and from one of the world's greatest beauties, Scarlett Johansson, who is Jewish by the way.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starpulse.com%2Fnews%2Findex.php%2F2012%2F04%2F12%2Fscarlett_johansson_opens_up_about_ryan" title="Scarlett Johansson Opens Up About Ryan Reynolds Divorce &amp; Dating Sean Penn">[3]</a>

## Politics

Reynolds is a Democrat.

He supported Barack Obama's presidential bid in 2008 and showed his distaste with John McCain all at once–by putting two politically-charged bumper stickers on his eco-friendly, hybrid car.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justjared.com%2F2008%2F08%2F04%2Fryan-reynolds-barack-obama%2F" title="Ryan Reynolds: Vote Barack Obama!">[4]</a>

But it's not Obama who turned the tide for Reynolds. He's been giving money to Democrats since the John Kerry days in 2004. Plus, he's donated to super-liberal organization MoveOn.org. All tolled, Reynolds has dropped $4,700 in support of Democrat/liberal causes.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsmeat.com%2Fcelebrity_political_donations%2FRyan_Reynolds.php" title="Ryan Reynolds&apos;s Federal Campaign Contribution Report">[5]</a>

Reynolds would not call himself a moderate, either. He's extreme. He said:

>My definition of innovation is anyone, an individual or a group, that steers us away from this kind of "middle-think."<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Ftumblr.innovationforendurance.com%2Fpost%2F9929070342%2Fryan-reynolds-on-environmental-innovators" title="Ryan Reynolds: On Environmental Innovators">[6]</a>

But he's not too generous with the philanthropy, like most stars are obligated to be. He's only ever supported Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's research foundation.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.looktothestars.org%2Fcelebrity%2F1543-ryan-reynolds" title="Ryan Reynolds&apos;s Charity Work, Events and Causes">[7]</a>

Perhaps the most important issue to Reynolds is the environment. He said:

>I would love to see a green economy. I would love to see a huge investment in alternative energy. I'd love to see that pay off, because I know it would. I would love to see new homes that are built in California and Arizona and states that receive an enormous amount of solar energy, to have bylaws passed in which new home construction, you're required to build solar panels.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Ftumblr.innovationforendurance.com%2Fpost%2F9600682116%2Fryan-reynolds-in-a-greener-world-ryan-reynolds" title="Ryan Reynolds: In a Greener World">[8]</a>

Reynolds added that these things are easier said then done and he wouldn't like them to happen as a result of finger-wagging and preaching, which is nice. At least he's not one of those holier-than-thou celebrities.

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In an interview with HuffPost, when asked if he is against gay marriage

Political Affiliations

Climate Change

Fact about the LGBTQ+ views of Ryan Reynolds

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