Editing Kevin Bacon (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Kevin Bacon 2 SDCC 2014.jpg|upright|thumb|Kevin Bacon in 2014]]
Bacon has been married to actress [[Kyra Sedgwick]] since September 4, 1988; they met on the set of the [[PBS]] version of [[Lanford Wilson]]'s play ''[[Lemon Sky]]''. He has said: "The time I was hitting what I considered to be bottom was also the time I met my wife, our kids were born, good things were happening. And I was able to keep supporting myself; that always gave me strength."<ref name="cosmo91"/> Bacon and Sedgwick have starred together in ''[[Pyrates]],'' ''[[Murder in the First (film)|Murder in the First]]'', ''[[The Woodsman (2004 film)|The Woodsman]]'', and ''[[Loverboy (2005 film)|Loverboy]]''. They have two children, [[Black Anvil|Travis Sedgwick]] (born 1989) and [[Sosie Bacon|Sosie Ruth]] (born 1992). They reside on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kevin Bacon has loyalty to NYC despite Philly origins, says he's 'most at peace' in bustling city|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/kevin-bacon-loyalty-nyc-philly-origins-peace-bustling-city-article-1.147197|work=New York Daily news|date= May 30, 2011|access-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref> Bacon was previously in a five-year relationship with actress [[Tracy Pollan]], in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web | title = America's Sweethearts | author = Deirdre Donahue | date = February 24, 1986 | access-date = May 17, 2015| url = http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20093025,00.html}}</ref>

Bacon has spoken out for the [[Separation of church and state in the United States|separation of church and state]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.au.org/media/church-and-state/archives/2008/05/two-thumbs-up.html |title=Media & Press &#124; Americans United |publisher=Au.org |access-date=May 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023014658/https://www.au.org/media/church-and-state/archives/2008/05/two-thumbs-up.html |archive-date=October 23, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts|newspaper=The washington post|date=March 26, 2008|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032503852.html|access-date=September 24, 2011}}</ref> and told ''[[The Times]]'' in 2005 that he [[Atheism|did not "believe in God."]]<ref>"I think there is a puritanical wind that is blowing. I have never seen such a lack of separation between church and state in America. I don't believe in God, but if I did I would say that sex is a God-given right." Wendy Ide, "The Outsider Wants In", ''The Times'' (London), December 1, 2005.</ref> He has also said that he is not [[Antireligion|anti-religion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/the-bacon-brothers-go-on-the-record|title=The Bacon Brothers Go 'On the Record'|publisher=Fox News|access-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref>

Bacon and Sedgwick appeared in [[will.i.am]]'s video [[It's a New Day (Will.i.am song)|"It's a New Day"]], which was released following [[Barack Obama]]'s 2008 presidential win.

The pair lost part of their savings in the [[Ponzi scheme]] of infamous swindler [[Bernie Madoff]].<ref name="financialpost">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314085857/http://economiccrisis.us/2009/06/may-god-spare-mercy-victim-tells-madoff/ |archive-date=March 14, 2014|url=http://economiccrisis.us/2009/06/may-god-spare-mercy-victim-tells-madoff/ |title='May God spare you no mercy', victim tells Madoff |work=Economic Crisis |date=June 30, 2009 |access-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>Bacon confirmed this on ''Late Show with Craig Ferguson'', June 8, 2009</ref>

Bacon and Sedgwick learned in 2011, via their appearance on the PBS TV series ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'' with [[Henry Louis Gates]], that they are ninth cousins, once removed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/6-degrees-of-separation-k_b_900707.html|title=6 Degrees of Separation: Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Are Cousins|first=Megan|last=Smolenyak|work=Huffington Post|date=July 18, 2011|access-date=July 29, 2011}}</ref><!-- This link is wrong. I just watched the show and they are NINTH cousins, not tenth. --> They also appeared in a video<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drawtheline.org/watch-stuff |title=Watch Stuff – Bill of Reproductive Rights |url-status=dead |access-date=February 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405182304/http://www.drawtheline.org/watch-stuff/ |archive-date=April 5, 2013 }}</ref> promoting the "Bill of Reproductive Rights", supporting among other things a woman's right to choose and have access to birth control.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill of Reproductive Rights|url=http://www.drawtheline.org/sign-now/|access-date=August 19, 2014}}</ref>