Ellen Speaks Out On Prop 8

The deeply unfair Proposition 8 has been met with hostility this week - and quite rightly too! Celebrities are offering their opinions left, right and center and I think TV show host Ellen DeGeneres sums it up nicely:

"Watching the returns on election night was an amazing experience. Barack Obama is our new president. Change is here. I, like millions of Americans, felt like we had taken a giant step towards equality. We were watching history.

This morning, when it was clear that Proposition 8 had passed in California, I can’t explain the feeling I had. I was saddened beyond belief. Here we just had a giant step towards equality and then on the very next day, we took a giant step away.

I believe one day a 'ban on gay marriage' will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us."

Ellen, who married her own same-sex partner this year, is completely right. This is about human rights and in the 21st Century, we are still denying people fundamental rights... it's ridiculous!

Prop 8 Is Passed

Proposition 8, which forbids same-sex couples from marrying has been given the nod of approval today with 95% of precincts reporting the vote was 52% in favor of proposition 8 and 48% against.

This basically means that if you're in a same-sex relationship, you are different from everyone else and because you are different, you will be treated differently - equality in terms of your right to get married is not a liberty you recieve.

Who the FUCK voted on this thing?! Didn't anyone listen to Homer Simpsons' pearls of wisdom?!!

It's a weird day. Barack Obama achieved what is now achievable - a black US president. He made a leap today over racial barriers and pushed America just that little bit more forward towards equality. Then we get the news about Prop 8. Sad.