By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Brad Pitt's mother Jane has been targeted with death threats online after a letter she wrote last week to a Missouri newspaper, opposing same-sex marriage and President Barack Obama's re-election, was published to much fanfare.

A Twitter user nicknamed I Bleed Gaga wrote, "BRAD PITT'S MOM WROTE AN ANTI-GAY PRO-ROMNEY EDITORIAL. KILL THE B****," while another named Sandy Kownacka wrote, "Brad Pitt's mom, die."

Other comments:  "F*** you, brad pitt's mom, the gay community made your kid a star, you whacko," and, "Brad Pitt's mom is a dumb c***."

Contacted by the website WND, Jane said she was no longer commenting to the media on the incident.

As we previously reported, the Springfield News-Leader's July 3 edition featured a response letter written by the A-lister's mom in which she disagreed with a previous published letter saying presumed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon beliefs should keep him from the Oval Office.