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posted by [personal profile] rivers_bend at 02:17pm on 22/05/2008 under ,
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YOU GO, ELLEN! Ellen talks to Sen. McCain about marriage. That woman is an incredible role model.
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posted by [identity profile] paper-cranes.livejournal.com at 09:29pm on 22/05/2008
High five, Ellen. That's fantastic, he needed to be put on the spot like that, and she was just the right person to do it.
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 10:06pm on 22/05/2008
She is a good woman. It would be nice if other people were putting him on the spot too.
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posted by [identity profile] glendaglamazon.livejournal.com at 09:37pm on 22/05/2008
How freakin' awesome! You go, Ellen!
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 10:06pm on 22/05/2008
Wasn't that great? She's so awesome.
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posted by [identity profile] lila-blue-b.livejournal.com at 10:13pm on 22/05/2008
*flails* OMG! I love Ellen! She takes people to task over their hypocrisy SO WELL! *smishes her and you for sharing video link*
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 10:21pm on 22/05/2008
She has been my hero for years. Even though she hits my embarrassment squick button fairly often :D
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posted by [identity profile] tabularassa.livejournal.com at 10:39pm on 22/05/2008
I love her:)
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 02:56pm on 23/05/2008
she is awesomecakes. As are you *g*
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posted by [identity profile] tabularassa.livejournal.com at 06:00am on 24/05/2008
As are you too:D
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posted by [identity profile] victorian-tweed.livejournal.com at 01:25am on 23/05/2008
:-D yay Ellen!

I'm so excited that she and Portia are marrying. Ellen will become Australia's favourite daughter-in-law!
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 02:57pm on 23/05/2008
hehe, yay! I'm so glad too. Since I will never have Portia, I'm glad Ellen gets her.
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posted by [identity profile] fpvs.livejournal.com at 03:22am on 23/05/2008
That woman amazes me. She really does. Because yes, she managed to articulate herself. Get him to admit to her face (albeit without being about to make eye contact), that he thought she was wrong. To get him to tell her to her face that he thought she wasn't equal, was a second-class citizen.

I always feel that I have opinions about this matter that aren't strong enough. My aunt lives with her girlfriend. For many, many years. And I think their relationship is as strong as that between the strongest of my aunts and uncles marriages. And I think of my aunt's girlfriend as another aunt. In all but the legal sense, she is family.

I remember hearing in the past that they wouldn't get married if they were legally able to. But that was years ago. Maybe they have changed their mind. But you need that first-hand acknowledgement/story to feel that marriage MUST be allowed for all. Hence, even though I always felt they should have the choice, Ellen made me feel as thought that MUST have the choice.

And I kinda hope that one day... Maybe after my Nanna passes away (it was always the elephant in the room - she always just IGNORED the fact that her youngest daughter is gay), they might have a civic union. And if they ever have that choice to get married in Australia, and choose to do so, I'll be there, crying my tears at the love being declared to the world. :)
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 03:01pm on 23/05/2008
It is SUCH an important issue. And it makes me so upset that people for whom it has absolutely NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER on their lives are making it such a contentious issue.

Every time I hear someone say, "But you have civil unions," or "But marriage is for one man and one woman," it makes me feel like I'm being slapped across the face and told I'm sub-human. It's disgusting. So I'm so glad Ellen did this.

And thank you for sharing your family story with me *hugs and smishes*
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posted by [identity profile] fpvs.livejournal.com at 02:46am on 26/05/2008
:) I believe in sharing stories. *nods* It helps the world understand the rest of the world! Plus, I don't think I believe in the concept of TMI...

People who have views and political stances on things that don't directly effect them make me sick. Pandering to people's prejudices.

Personally, I love gays. The way I see it (do tell me if you think I've stereo-typed), you find more homosexuals are happier to go childless. Those you desperately wish to have children are more likely to have the equal love as heterosexual couples who have chosen to begin a family. Hence? Homosexuals are BETTER for families/the environment! From family and friends I've known, homosexuals seem to have a greater, more rounded friends network! Definitely healthier than the closed-minded, small circles some people live in!

Hence? Homosexuals are not sub-human. In my mind, they're super-human! ... 'n' stuff.
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posted by [identity profile] topaz-eyes.livejournal.com at 04:00pm on 23/05/2008
Ellen is *awesome*. Love how McCain squirmed.
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