Ellen Slams Palin on Gay Marriage

Posted by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress at 1:47 PM on October 22, 2008.

"People are going to be who they're going to be and we need to love them for who they are, and let them love who they want to love."

Post Tools
EMAIL
PRINT
5 COMMENTS

Share and save this post:

Got a tip for a post?:
Email us | Anonymous form

Election 2008 RSS Feed

Main AlterNet RSS Feed

Last month, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) told CBS that she wouldn't "judge people" based on their sexual preferences. However, just a few weeks later, she admitted that she nevertheless doesn't believe in marriage equality and voiced support for the Federal Marriage Amendment. Today, Ellen DeGeneres responded to Palin's comments:

I don't know if you saw this, but vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin said she's in favor of a federal ban on gay marriage. Basically, she wants to change the constitution. So if you're wondering -- I'm sure you are -- how I feel about this, I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't agree. ... And I don't know what people are scared of. Maybe they think that their children will be influenced, and I got to say -- I was raised by two heterosexuals and they did not influence me.

Watch it:

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has come out against a federal ban on gay marriage. However, Palin yesterday reassured James Dobson that McCain has privately said that he will support far-right positions if he is elected president.

Tagged as: gay marriage, palin, ellen

Amanda Terkel is Deputy Research Director at the Center for American Progress and serves as Deputy Editor for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.

Return to Election 2008 » Post Tools: EMAIL PRINT 5 COMMENTS PERMALINK

Also in Election 2008
Democratic Senators: Franken Won't Be Seated with New Class Fallout from the surreal political scandal in Illinois has now wafted into Minnesota. Post by Sam Stein and Ryan Grim. January 6, 2009.	Update: Al Franken Declared Winner; Coleman's Options Dwindle "Today, the Supreme Court once again affirmed the validity of the rules under which this recount was conducted." Post by Steve Benen. January 5, 2009.	Franken Winning Vast Majority of Wrongly Rejected Absentee Ballots Norm Coleman's lawyers tried to stop the counting of hundreds of wrongly rejected absentee ballots and now we know they had good reason. Post by tremayne. January 3, 2009.

Comments	Turn comments off sitewide	Give us feedback »
Comments closed. The comments for this story have been closed. Thank you to everyone who participated.		View:
gentlewoman [Report this comment] Posted by: lokicat on Oct 22, 2008 6:33 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] And what other secret "agreements" has John McCain made, and not just with Dobson and his ilk? This is more than Palin trying to straddle an issue and reassure the religious right. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: gentlewoman Posted by: That_SOB Dobsonites! BURN IN HELL!!!!! [Report this comment] Posted by: johnbradleycopeland on Oct 23, 2008 9:13 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] You may be able to tell from the heading I've placed here that I can not tolerate another day of the b/s that comes from John Dobson, Focus on the Family, The Dobsonites, The Christian Coaltion, The Baptist Commission, The Latter Day Saints, The American Family Association et. at. who want to tell everyone in America how they should live their lives! What in the hell is wrong with America that some Americans send these people money to support their IGNORANCE and STUPIDITY! Do American Citizen's want these people running your lives like an AMERICAN TALIBAN!!! Are you kidding me??? I hope they all burn in the hell they say we are all going to soon be in if we don't see it their way!! Does anyone every watch these fools on TV with the crying wives asking for money for God, living in mansions, driving Mercedes' in their fine clothes, dining at the White House and getting millions of tax dollars to teach devine intervention and abstinence to your children! Give me a break - again! Vote NO in California and SAY NO MORE to these fools! NO AMERICAN TALIBAN!!! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Thank you Ellen [Report this comment] Posted by: WyrdSister on Oct 23, 2008 10:13 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Right on! i dont think you have to be gay in order to think that everyone is equal. I too, share that sentiment and am with you all the way! Say NO to legislated hate! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Ellen is wrong [Report this comment] Posted by: rickiey on Oct 24, 2008 5:34 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Apparrently you DO have to be gay to believe in equality. Guess we'll find out by seeing of Prop 8 passes. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

«	January 2009					»
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

Election 2008 archive by date:

Use » and « to view other months.

Search:

» RE: gentlewoman Posted by: That_SOB