Etheridge, DeGeneres Respond to Prop. 8 Passing

I'm saddend by the ignorance and hate towards mormon and other religions and racial groups that believe same sex marriage is wrong. I believe being gay is wrong because marriage is meant to join a man and a woman, with the purpose of creating children and building eternal families- there isn't any eternal progression through same sex partnerships. I have a right to vote to keep something sacred that I believe to be sacred. I am a poor mormon, I have been poor all of my life, I have never loved money. The comment that states mormons love their money is extremely ignorant. I have never heard hate or oppression ever taught accross a pulpit at the LDS church and I've been to many chapels and classrooms. I like Ellen a lot, she's hilarious, and seems to be a very sweet woman. I disagree with her views on marriage but that doesn't mean I hate her. You can vote for what you believe to be right and I will vote for what I believe to be right.

To Zippy the LDS clown -- Dell Inc. did NOT take a position on Proposition 8. We've had a 100 score on teh HRC CEI for 5 years in a row. Please check your facts.

I agree with LeCinephile We don't want to do anything detrimental to human rights anywhere, but we should pull the support we've provided the various racial minorities over the years. We cannot stand with those who would support inequality for us. It hasn't been enough to try and educate the minority communities. We have to hit them where it hurts them the most. Not in their churches, but in their pocketbooks. No support of any black or hispanic small business. No support of black or hispanic candidates. It isn't enough to boycott Mormon owned businesses. (It's good, but it isn't enough.) And what would be wrong with picketing black or hispanic churches? Black churches should especially be publicly shamed.

I do not understand why the government has any business poking its nose into matters of sexual orientation anyway. It is entirely up to the two people involved. Period. This Proposition should never have been on the ballot in the first place. Homosexuality is not a matter of choice any more than being born with a different color skin is. It saddens me a great deal that this preposterous idea should even come up on the same day as we elected the first black man as President. I am a 67 year old heterosexul grandma not that it is anybody's business. Sally

I do not understand why the government has any business poking its nose into matters of sexual orientation anyway. It is entirely up to the two people involved. Period. This Proposition should never have been on the ballot in the first place. Homosexuality is not a matter of choice any more than being born with a different color skin is. It saddens me a great deal that this preposterous idea should even come up on the same day as we elected the first black man as President. I am a 67 year old heterosexul grandma not that it is anybody's business. Sally

I am a heterosexual male, so this Prop 8 obviously doesn't affect me in any way. But I still think that it's absolutely absurd. I cannot imagine NOT being able to marry the person I love. I read a comment that stated, "The Bible clearly defines marriage as between one man and one woman". Well maybe, but the Bible also states that Polygamy is okay (Solomon was heralded as the wisest king of all; he had 1000 wives). The Bible states that sex with a prostitute is okay for the husband but not for the wife. It also supports slavery and sex with a slave, marriage with girls aged 11-13, and treatment of women as "property". I can't stand it when people misuse the Bible's words. If you can show me, in the Bible, where Jesus himself says, "Love one another, unless that person's a homosexual", I will pay you $100 out of my own pocket. Until then, stop all of this bigotry!

The GLBT comunity has been the victim of an electoral lynching, presided over by Grand Wizard Obama. Every smug, self-congratulatory appearance by Obama or his proxies lauding the "historic change" represented by his success is a direct insult to every GLBT citizen of the United States. Bigotry is alive and well in this country. We are, evidently, expected to accept that "separate but equal" is discrimination when applied to African Americans but not to GLBT citizens. What part of "equal protect" doesn't Obama, the consitutional scholar, understand? Or is it that he understands all too well and was happy to throw us under the bus, as has become a time-honored tradition in the Democratic party?

We need to do something. This has to change nationally and not simply left to each State's choice.

Prop 8 is an example of the failure of the democracy model. While it is likely the best system we can fashion, it fails miserably to protect the rights of minorities. The issue of gay marriage should never have been opened to the masses to decide. Churches and religious groups have too much power and influence. Prop 8 is an outrage.

I'm sorry, but isn't Ellen from Louisianna?