Ellen DeGeneres Makes New Video PSA Against Gay Marriage Ban

Ellen DeGeneres Makes New Video PSA Against Gay Marriage Ban
The usually chipper and funny Ellen DeGeneres is getting serious and somber in a new public service announcement, where she encourages California voters to vote against Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that would ban marriage between same-sex couples.

 

Ellen, who married longtime love Portia de Rossi on Aug. 16, posted the video PSA on her show’s website, on which she said:

“I got to do something this year that I never thought I’d be able to do -- I got married. It was the happiest day of my life. There are people out there raising millions of dollars to try to take that right away from me. You’ve seen their ads on TV. They’re twisting the truth, and they’re trying to scare you. I believe in fairness. I believe in compassion. I believe in equality for all people -- Proposition 8 does not. Please, please vote no on Prop. 8.”

Other celebs taking a stance against Prop. 8 include Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg, who have each contributed $100,000 to defeat the measure.

Published 10/15/08 by the Insider

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  • Die Faggot Bitches. Marriage is between a Man and a Woman. That is the definition of Marriage. You can't start calling an apple an orange, It's still a in apple call it what you want. When two Faggots make vows to each other which they won't keep by...
    Anonymous 11/2/09 Reply
  • you nasty and you are so nasty for being a fag or lessy you are going to hell you nasty asses god made it where man and women are married not women and women and man and man you nasty ass. I am so glad gay people can not get married the ones they...
    Anonymous 5/27/09 Reply
  • Ellen...before you met Ms. Rossi (and still with your previous partner) I watched you do an hour interview on Larry King. He asked you about marriage and your response was that you didn't feel any need to marry. I can't offer verbatim but I cheered...
    Anonymous 11/10/08 Reply
  • WHO ARE THESE TO PEOPLE TO SAY THAT GAY's SHOULD NOT GET MARRIED?? DO WE TELL YOU WHO TO MARRY AND WHO NOT TO MARRY?? NO DO WE TELL YOU WHO TO GO OUT WITH AND WHO NOT TO? NO SO DONT DECIDE MY LIFE, HAPPINESS, LOVE OR FAIT
    Anonymous 10/25/08 Reply
  • I Have Anorexia And Do Not Blame Society For MY Actions.I Myself Have To Blame for The Actions and Decisions That I Chose.I Used Food As A Coping Mechanism For The Issues I Was Dealing With.Place Blame Where It Belongs
    Anonymous 10/25/08 Reply
  • I love it, the crap these religious idiots believe, like God created Adam & Eve, not Adam & Steve! I guess they also believe that a talking snake talked Adam & Eve into eating from a forbidden tree that opened up their eyes. All you need is an evil...
    Anonymous 10/17/08 Reply
  • If gays were so sinful, wouldn't Christ have said so. If my memory serves me, there is not one word in the four gospels about the subject. Not so for the scribes & pharasies, those who use the Word of God as weapons to impose their narrow,...
    Anonymous 10/17/08 Reply
  • I've grown weary of Ellen's pleas to vote no on proposition 8. I think it's time to boycott her show in defense of traditional marriage, and for the psychological and moral safety of our children.
    Anonymous 10/17/08 Reply
  • It's ridiculous that anyone's against same sex marriages. Being gay isn't something you wake up one morning and decide to be, like taking up skateboarding or writing poetry. Why do we persecute people for something that's not a conscious decision?...
    Anonymous 10/17/08 Reply
  • I have officially stopped watching the Ellen show. Marriage is meant to be between one man and one woman. There are no exceptions.
    Anonymous 10/16/08 Reply
  • Vote No on Proposition 8!
    GeorgeJobson 10/16/08 Reply
  • What will be legal next? polygamy? incest? Where does it all stop? Keep it one man and one woman! Please! Does not even nature itself teach you this?
    Anonymous 10/15/08 Reply
  • I dont have any problem with gay people but its not right for two of the same sex to get married.If you want to be gay thats fine but you shouldnt get speical rights. I dont want my kids to think it is ok to be gay and they shouldnt have to see it...
    Anonymous 10/15/08 Reply
  • Christianity is a Lifestyle CHOICE.
    Sexual attraction and desire is inate and natural.
    Anonymous 10/15/08 Reply
  • To love and be loved is life's most precious gift and should be celebrated, honored and recognized by us all. I can't believe that ANY diety would require otherwise. Marriage is a culturally and legally desireable recognition of human love and...
    Anonymous 10/15/08 Reply
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