Gay Nup Supporters Want More from Ellen

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were recently wed in a very well-publicized ceremony in Beverly Hills. After that, DeGeneres took to her blog to decry California's Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment that would eliminate same sex couples' right to marry and could possibly nullify all the gay marriages that came before it.

Yet despite all the good she's done for gay rights in California, there's a rumbling from other Proposition 8 opponents who say DeGeneres needs to contribute more. Specifically, Ellen has yet to send a big, fat check to the cause, and insiders say that that omission has the potential to hurt both Ellen and Prop 8 in the long run.
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Post tags: California, Ellen DeGeneres, Elton John, Gay Marriage, GLBT, Laws, Melissa Ethridge, Portia de Rossi, Rosie O'Donnell

Published 9/24/08 by

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