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Ellen Degeneres Issues A Statement About Prop 8

Posted by taylor blue on November 6, 2008 | 5 Comments

Knowing that Prop 8 was passed makes me totally sick. I can’t believe that a world like this can deny people that love each other the right to get married. Ellen Degeneres has been a huge supporter of trying to get people to say NO to Prop 8. She issued a statement about the whole situation…

“Watching the returns on election night was an amazing experience. Barack Obama is our new president. Change is here. I, like millions of Americans, felt like we had taken a giant step towards equality. We were watching history. This morning, when it was clear that Proposition 8 had passed in California, I can’t explain the feeling I had. I was saddened beyond belief. Here we just had a giant step towards equality and then on the very next day, we took a giant step away.

“I believe one day a ‘ban on gay marriage’ will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us.”

Now Ellen and Portia de Rossi’s marriage can be wiped away just because of this passing. Is this right? I don’t think so.

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