Keith Olbermann delivered an emotional on Prop 8 Monday night. Olbermann vehemently disagrees with its passage and the ban on gay marriage.
Ellen DeGeneres who married partner Portia de Rossi in August, said, “This morning, when it was clear that Proposition 8 had passed in California, I can’t explain the feeling I had.
“Here we just had a giant step toward equality [with the election of Barack Obama] and then on the very next day, we took a giant step away.”
A visibly nervous Ellen DeGeneres speaks out against Sarah Palin, who is against gay marriage. DeGeneres says that Palin basically wants to change the constitution and that’s not right!
Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making that state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions, reports MSNBC.
The divided court ruled 4-3 that gay and lesbian couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry under the state constitution, and Connecticut’s civil unions law does not provide those couples with the same rights as heterosexual couples.
“I can’t believe it. We’re thrilled, we’re absolutely overjoyed. We’re finally going to be able, after 33 years, to get married,” said Janet Peck of Colchester, who was a plaintiff with her partner, Carole Conklin.
The new issue of the Advocate celebrates the big victory in California but cautions about the fight ahead.
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