Tom Cruise

---
name: "Tom Cruise"
relatedPeople:
  - "john-travolta"
  - "frank-sinatra"
  - "kevin-costner"
  - "humphrey-bogart"
date: "2012-02-19"
sources:
  - sourceTitle: "Tom Cruise and Religion"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.religionfacts.com/celebrities/tom_cruise.htm"
  - sourceTitle: "Tom Cruise freaking out on Oprah"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.metacafe.com/watch/28295/tom_cruise_freaking_out_on_oprah/"
  - sourceTitle: "Scientology status by country"
    sourceUrl: "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_status_by_country"
  - sourceTitle: "I Can Create Who I Am"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_04-09-2006/Tom_Cruise_cover"
  - sourceTitle: "Germany drops attempt to ban Scientology"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27843485/#.Tz6bT4FuDAk"
  - sourceTitle: "Money, Politics, Biography of Tom Cruise, Campaign Contributions"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.campaignmoney.com/biography/tom_cruise.asp"
  - sourceTitle: "Tom Cruise Appears in Political Ad for Nevada's GOP Senate Race"
    sourceUrl: "http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/104469/tom_cruise_appears_in_political"
  - sourceTitle: "Q&A: Tom Cruise"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/18/48hours/main601014.shtml"
summaries:
  religion: "Tom Cruise is a staunch Scientologist"
  politicalViews: "He is mostly a democrat, but wouldn't mind crossing the line to Republicanism when it suits him."
---

Tom Cruise and religion is a crazy topic. Cruise is one of Scientology's<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.religionfacts.com%2Fcelebrities%2Ftom_cruise.htm" title="Tom Cruise and Religion">[1]</a> most outspoken supporters.

Because of this, Cruise is now considered one of Hollywood's weirdest and most ridiculous personalities, whether it's jumping on a couch on the Oprah show<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacafe.com%2Fwatch%2F28295%2Ftom_cruise_freaking_out_on_oprah%2F" title="Tom Cruise freaking out on Oprah">[2]</a> or saying things like:

>Some people, well, if they don't like Scientology, well, then, fuck you. Really. Fuck you. Period.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.religionfacts.com%2Fcelebrities%2Ftom_cruise.htm" title="Tom Cruise and Religion">[3]</a>

Even though most religions have strange stories, Tom Cruise's Scientology seems to be especially weird. They believe that humans descended from some sort of alien, that psychiatry is evil, and they ordain their high-ranking members only at sea in their own personal cruise ship.


## Cruise, politics, and organized crime

Many countries including Germany, France, Canada and the UK, among others, don't recognize Scientology as a religion, but actually as a criminal organization and cult, only determined to take money from its members.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FScientology_status_by_country" title="Scientology status by country">[4]</a>

Cruise has traveled to these countries to speak on behalf of his religion but with no success. The city of Paris has vowed to never let Cruise into their offices<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parade.com%2Farticles%2Feditions%2F2006%2Fedition_04-09-2006%2FTom_Cruise_cover" title="I Can Create Who I Am">[5]</a> and Germany still considers Scientology as somewhat of a terrorist organization that threatens their constitution.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.msn.com%2Fid%2F27843485%2F%23.Tz6bT4FuDAk" title="Germany drops attempt to ban Scientology">[6]</a>

## Politically confused

When he isn't acting as Scientologist's ambassador to the world's governments, Cruise is going both ways in U.S. politics. He's made tens of thousands of dollars in contributions to the Democratic Party<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campaignmoney.com%2Fbiography%2Ftom_cruise.asp" title="Money, Politics, Biography of Tom Cruise, Campaign Contributions">[7]</a> but has also appeared in Republican candidate's campaign commercials.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fthestir.cafemom.com%2Fin_the_news%2F104469%2Ftom_cruise_appears_in_political" title="Tom Cruise Appears in Political Ad for Nevada&apos;s GOP Senate Race">[8]</a> However, the Republican candidate he lent his star power to was a supporter of Scientology.

It is possible that he looks beyond the party of a politician for issues relating to him, saying once about his political views:

>I'm interested in terms of looking at how it's going to affect my kids. And it's more from a humanitarian aspect, not political. You know, the future of the country, and where we are today.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fstories%2F2004%2F02%2F18%2F48hours%2Fmain601014.shtml" title="Q&amp;A: Tom Cruise">[9]</a>

Tom Cruise has returned his three Golden Globe trophies in protest of Hollywood Foreign Press Association after accusations of the association being sexist, homophobic, and racist.

What are the views of Tom Cruise on Social Justice?