Ellen DeGeneres weighed in on Prop 8, California's voter-approved ban on same-sex message, penning a tongue-in-cheek "Supreme Court brief" on her blog.
The award-winning talk show host and comedian followed in the footsteps of Clint Eastwood, who joined more than 100 established conservatives in signing a legitimate Supreme Court-bound brief in favor of allowing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples the right to legally wed in California.
Though DeGeneres' entertaining piece won't carry the same legal weight as Eastwood's brief potentially could, it's nonetheless poignant. She writes:
"Portia and I have been married for 4 years and they have been the happiest of my life. And in those 4 years, I don't think we hurt anyone else's marriage. I asked all of my neighbors and they say they're fine.
But even though Portia and I got married in the short period of time when it was legal in California, there are 1,138 federal rights for married couples that we don't have, including some that protect married people from losing their homes, or their savings or custody of their children."
Describing her much-publicized coming out as "one of the hardest things I ever did," DeGeneres continues, "I hope the Supreme Court will do the right thing, and let everyone enjoy the same rights. It's going to help keep families together. It's going to make kids feel better about who they are. And it is time."
You can read DeGeneres' full blog here.
On Feb. 28, the Obama administration urged the Supreme Court to strike down California's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional, staking out a legal theory that would forbid states from banning same-sex marriage if it were adopted by the court.
"The designation of marriage," wrote Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., "confers a special validation of the relationship between two individuals and conveys a message to society that domestic partnerships or civil unions cannot match."
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