With the decision yesterday by the California Supreme Court that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the path has been cleared for long-time partners Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi to finally walk down the aisle together.
And according to a report from the Associated Press, Ellen announced during yesterday's taping of her highly rated talk show that she and her actress gal-pal plan to do just that.
In the episode, slated to air today (Friday, May 16), the 50-year-old comedienne told her audience that she and Portia, who was also on-hand for the announcement, would be getting married, news which was greeted with roaring applause from Ellen's fans.
Gay Marriage: Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres to Get Married...
Frankly I think this is great.
A lot of attention has been paid to promoting male homosexuality as normal, but the female equivalent is still, I suspect misunderstood, Mariel Hemingway and Rosanne (or was that Woody Allen ) notwithstanding (yes Madonna, it had been done --- OOOh, get you! mieow (etc.)) and associated either with soft-porn fantasies or crewcuts, square body frames, bov-ver boots (read Doc Martens) and lumberjack shirts ("and I'm okay" ).
Seeing two very normal looking women in such a high profile relationship can only be good for the normalization of being gay and female.
David,
Neither gay nor lesbian, just live-and-let-live-and-be-nice-to-others-please
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