There is no doubt
that after her recent marriage to Portia de Rossi,
Ellen DeGeneres is vehemently opposed to California’s
Proposition 8, which seeks to invalidate the state's
recently legalized same-sex marriages. Now the
talk show host has made one of her first public
statements against the proposition with a blog posting on
her official website.
There is no doubt
that after her recent marriage to Portia de Rossi,
Ellen DeGeneres is vehemently opposed to California’s
Proposition 8, which seeks to invalidate the state's
recently legalized same-sex marriages. But it
wasn’t until the blog posting September 24
that she made her “Political Point” clear.
"There's a
California proposition on the ballot that's a little
confusing.... It's called 'The California Marriage
Protection Act' -- but don't let the name fool you,"
she wrote under the heading “My Political Point
... and I Do Have One.” "It's not protecting anyone's
marriage. Not yours. Not mine."
Adding her
signature comedic style to the blog, DeGeneres likened Prop.
8’s confusing wording to that of deciding on dessert.
“The
wording of Prop. 8 is tricky. It’s like if someone
asked you, 'You don’t want dessert, right?' But
you do want dessert, so you say yes, which really
means you don’t want dessert. And if you say no,
which means you do want dessert -- it sounds like you
don’t. Either way, you don’t get what
you want. See -- confusing. Just like Prop. 8.”
DeGeneres and De
Rossi, who have been together four years, were married
in an intimate ceremony at their Beverly Hills home in
August. Since their wedding, Hollywood heavyweights
have begun to speak out against Prop. 8. Brad
Pitt and Steven Spielberg have each donated $100,000
to the No on 8 campaign, but several gay bloggers posed
the question "Where's Ellen's donation?"
DeGeneres ends
with a plea to fans to vote no on the ballot
measure so she doesn't have to return all her
wedding gifts.
“So, in
case I haven’t made myself clear, I’m FOR gay
marriage. And in order to protect that right -- please
VOTE NO on Proposition 8. And now that you’re
informed, spread the word. I’m begging you. I
can’t return the wedding gifts -- I love my new
toaster.” (Kandice Day, The Advocate)
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