The elephant in the room: McCain and gay marriage
NS May 27th, 2008
I love that Ellen asked Senator John McCain so directly and eloquently why her relationship shouldn’t ‘count’ as much as his. It takes guts and grace to calmly address someone who is actively working to prevent or take away your fundamental right to life, love and happiness. Way to go, Ellen!
Consider this a public service reminder to vote Democrat in November, whomever that may be. We’ve had enough of the old, white elephants in the room.
via Feministe
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Good on Ellen. McCain’s attitude, and that of his base, continues to boggle my mind.
What becomes of a society that mandates exclusion? I’m afraid to ask.
i thought she made a great point in comparing gay marriage to race issues and women’s voting rights. those exclusions seemed to be the norm once, too, and now thankfully we have moved past that. let’s just hope we eventually see that tide turn toward legalizing gay marriage and other issues, as well.
i’m really enjoying how ellen is starting to speak openly about important issues in society today. i am glad that she had the courage and bravery to ask such an important question. i don’t understand how in 2008 we can still neglect individuals the same rights as their neighbors. it’s disgusting.
thanks for sharing the clip. it’s the first outlet i’ve had in 2 weeks to the outside world! (except for hillary’s big win in PR!)
Good for her! It heartens me hugely to see people like Ellen, behaving like this – ie with dignity, intelligence and humour on US TV. Also addressing and espousing a non MOTR issue which could offend some viewers – more kudos!
Please don’t take this the wrong way – sorry but a lot of my US mates, here, take it as a slight that I’d prefer to live in the UK (where I grew up) to the US so I’m a bit cautious about saying anything about it that isn’t 100% pure praise – but sometimes US TV comes over as quite conservative in both its world and alternative perspective.
Cheers
BC