...cause after John McCain's appearance on her talk show, she deserves one. Ellen eloquently explained why it's only natural and human to give gay people the same rights as straight people. Oh, Mr. McCain -- your view on gay marriage happens to be segregationist. Look it up if it's unclear to you. (And that goes for Hill and Barack, too.) It's about time Washington catches up with the rest of the world. Watch it here.
MCCAIN: I just believe in the unique status of marriage between man and woman. And I know that we have a respectful disagreement on that issue.
ELLEN: Mm-hmm. Yeah. I think that it is looked at and some people are saying the same that blacks and women did not have the right to vote. Women just got the right to vote in 1920. Blacks didn't have the right to vote till 1870. It just feels like there's this old way of thinking (that) we are not all the same. We are all the same people. All of us. You're no different than I am. Our love is the same. (applause) To me what it feels like just, you know, I will speak for myself...it feels when someone says you can have a contract and you'll still have insurance and you'll get all that. It sounds to me like saying well you can sit there (points in one direction), you just can't sit there (points in another direction). That's what it sounds like to me. It doesn't feel inclusive. It feels isolated. It feels like we aren't owed the same things and the same wording.
MCCAIN: Well, I've heard you articulate that position in a very eloquent fashion. We just have a disagreement and I, along with many, many others wish you every happiness.
ELLEN: Thank you. So you'll walk me down the aisle? Is that what you said?
MCCAIN: Touché
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"marriage" is a term of religion. i truly, strongly dislike religion but i don't see how the state can even have a say in it to make it legal or illegal in the first place... what happened to seperation of church and state people? a civil union, to the best of my knowledge, and i've read up on this a little bit, provides all of the same legal rights so as long as the law allows civil unions i don't understand what the big fuss is about. let the church run itself how it wants so long as it doesn't trample on people's civil rights.
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