Ellen DeGeneres To Sen. McCain: "There is an Old Way of Thinking That We Are Not All Alike" |
| Published: May 22, 2008, 11:47 am |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, campaigns amp amp elections, culture society, sexuality, ellen degeneres, john mccain |
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Today Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) made an appearance on the daytime program "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," and the topic quickly turned to the issue of same-sex marriage. The issue arose after Ms. DeGeneres revealed on her show last Friday that she will be marrying her parter, Portia de Rossi. The marriage announcement came a day after the California Supreme Court overturned a ban on gay marriage. View video here. Here's a partial transcript of the conversation: JOHN McCAIN: My thoughts are that I think people should be able to enter into legal agreements and I think that is something we should encouraage, in particularly in the case of insurance and in other areas. Decisions need to be made. I just believe in the unique status of marriage, between a man and a woman, and I know we have a respectful disagreement on that issue. ELLEN DeGENERES: Yeah, I think it is looked as and some people are saying the same that blacks and women did not have the right to vote. I mean women [ Full article ] |
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