Ellen DeGeneres Gay Rights; Urges Supreme Court to Overturn Prop 8 Gay Marriage Ban
Television personality Ellen DeGeneres posted a message on her blog March 1 that addresses her opinion on the gay marriage ban in California.
The 55-year-old host of The Ellen DeGeneres Show voiced her side over the issue to overturn California's Proposition 8 in a blog post titled "Ellen's Brief to the Supreme Court."
The open letter first discussed her relationship with actress Portia de Rossi.
"Portia and I have been married for 4 years and they have been the happiest of my life," DeGeneres wrote. "And in those 4 years, I don't think we hurt anyone else's marriage. I asked all of my neighbors and they say they're fine."
DeGeneres and Rossi were married in 2008 during a brief time when gay marriage was legal in California.
The decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Prop 8 would ultimately allow gay couples to marry in the state DeGeneres works in and calls home.
The talk show host stated that she wants to see other same-sex couples be able to get married just as she could.
"I hope the Supreme Court will do the right thing, and let everyone enjoy the same rights," DeGeneres blogged. "It's going to help keep families together. It's going to make kids feel better about who they are. And it is time."
DeGeneres has faced opposition from conservative groups regarding her homosexuality and her role in the media.
The activist group One Million Moms took offense to the female comedian's appearance in a holiday advertisement for JCPenney that debuted on Nov. 27. The group petitioned against the openly gay television host being in the ads and called for the removal of the commercial by JCPenney, according to The Huffington Post.
One Million Moms previously sought to have DeGeneres removed as the spokesperson for JCPenney to no avail.
DeGeneres was quoted by Raw Story in a joking response about the group's Facebook stating: "For a group that calls themselves One Million Moms, they only have 40,000 members on their page. So, they are rounding to the nearest million, and I get that."
