Actress Charlize Theron has hit out U.S. gay marriage laws - branding the current regulations "a form of apartheid".

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The South African-born star is furious that same-sex unions have not yet been legalized in her adopted country, insisting she will not marry long-term beau Stuart Townsend until the laws are changed.

And the Oscar-winner compares America's rules on same-sex marriages to her native country's past apartheid laws, which segregated whites and non-whites.

She says, "I don't like living in an elitist world, it bothers me. I don't want to be part of an elitist sexual preference. It bothers me, maybe it's because I come from a country where I lived under apartheid but this is a form of apartheid and I don't want to be a part of that.

"My ability to get married is a piece of me that I wish I could give to somebody who it would mean so much to. We should all have the chance. It's just so caveman, I can't believe we're still talking about it."

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