After last week's super-duper confusing and inaccurate discussion about Prop 8 on The View– Hassleback referenced Ake Green, a priest jailed under Sweden's hate speech law after calling homosexuality an "abnormal, a horrible cancerous tumor in the body of society" and Sherri was all worried her (presumably homophobic hate spewing) pastor is going to get sent to the clinker as well, The View took on the issue again today.

Turns out the daytime ignorance bothered all the gays in the village, or at least Ellen and GLAAD, who called The View ladies to explain that gay marriages will not jail your preachers and force your children to go to reeducation camps. The bit about Prop 8. forcing men to wear eyeliner on Thursdays is totally true, however.

You think we should have made a stronger case that there is a big difference between religious marriage and legal marriage?

Patrick Dempsey appeared on lesbian entertainer Ellen DeGeneres' talk show yesterday and, yes, the conversation turned to actress Brooke Smith's recent axing from ABC's Grey's Anatomy.

Some suspect ABC gave Smith the boot because her on-screen lesbian relationship was getting a bit too serious. Dempsey gave no credence to those rumors - not because they're not true, but because network executives told him what to say:

ABC actually sends me over what I should [say]… 'We've had a great time working with her and that the conclusion of her [character] has been orgasmic' — I'm sorry, I'm dyslexic! — 'organic' ending to the story line.'
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I don't know what happened with that story line. They decided not to continue it for some reason.

We weren't inclined to believe the aforementioned rumors, but ABC's choreographing of comments strikes us as a bit queer.

Anderson Cooper is rapidly becoming the one person, living or dead, with whom we would choose to have dinner.

Not only is he hilariously sarcastic when it comes to politics — telling Ellen Degeneres, "I'm not sure I existed before [the election]" — he also focuses on what really matters: Reality television.

The former Living Lohan critic revealed his current obsession with The Real Housewives of Atlanta, most notably resident crazy NeNe. When Ellen admits she hasn't watched, Anderson asks incredulously, "What have you been doing?" before giving the show the hard sell: "It's good … or something." Swoon.

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Actress Hilary Swank appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show yesterday and offered a spot-on impression of the lesbian funny lady.

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Ellen DeGeneres laid the smack down on Sarah Palin today.

Okay, well, it's not a "smack down," but Ms. D made absolutely clear that she does not approve of Palin's support for a prohibitive federal marriage amendment. "Maybe it's just because I'm gay that I think we should all be equal, but I feel that we're all created equal," says the lesbian before going on about why same-sex nuptials do no harm.

DeGeneres probably didn't change Palin's mind, but we're hoping some of her adoring fans got the message.

Joe Biden avoided dancing on a recent episode of Ellen, but Barack Obama wasn't so lucky during a remote taping for the show yesterday.

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Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show today to stump for his electoral ticket. And, as you know, Biden took some time to tell the world he would vote "no" on Proposition 8, which would overturn gay marriage in California. He also mentions that he and running mate Barack Obama voted against a federal marriage amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. What a guy, that Joe!

DeGeneres supports his decision, of course - not only because the Proposition is entirely illiberal, but because she would then have to return all her wedding gifts. And nobody wants that!

We've included the video above. Enjoy!

Ellen's tearing up the activist scene.

The lesbian funny lady this week released a video urging voters to vote "no" on California's Proposition 8, which - as you should know by now - would overturn gay marriage in the Golden State.

The commercial is all well and good, but Ms. DeGeneres has only just started. The No On 8 campaign informs us that the comedienne has used $100,000 of her own cash to buy up television time to further spread her progressive message.

…Ellen DeGeneres has made a media buy to urge Californians to vote NO on Proposition 8. The effort was partially revealed Tuesday when Ellen released a special video to confront false and misleading scare tactics used by those supporting the proposition. DeGeneres is purchasing television time for her ad to underscore the importance of this fight and broaden the reach of the spot.

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Democratic running mate Joe Biden will appear on lesbian funny lady Ellen DeGeneres' talk show Monday. And, during their heart-to-heart, the Senator reportedly takes an unequivocal stand against Proposition 8, the ballot measure looking to overturn California's gay marriage win.

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Ellen DeGeneres has finally done it!

After drawing fire for her allegedly lackluster support for gay marriage in California, the lesbian funny lady appeared on The Tonight Show and told right-wing activists not to "promote hate." Still, some said that wasn't enough. Well, the 50-year old's most recent plea should quell the queer masses, for she today released a video urging her fellow Californians to vote "no" on Proposition 8, a ballot measure that would overturn the State Supreme court's green light for gay marriage.

Says the recently wed DeGeneres:

Hi, I’m Ellen DeGeneres. I got to do something this year I never thought I’d ever be able to do: I got married. It was the happiest day of my life.

There are people out there raising millions of dollars to try and take that right away from me. You’ve seen their ads on TV. They’re twisting the truth, and they’re trying to scare you. I believe in fairness. I believe in compassion. I believe in equality for all people. Proposition 8 does not.

Please, please, vote NO on Prop. 8.

Those of you who want to help should head on over to the Vote No On 8 website. It'll do you good and definitely brings good queer karma.

Newly wed lesbian funny lady Ellen DeGeneres appeared on The Tonight Show on Tuesday and took some time to urge voters to vote against Proposition 8, the ballot measure aiming to overturn California's gay marriage.

Taking aim at those people raising millions to fight same-sex love, Ellen remarks:

I look at the people who are losing their homes and they're foreclosing – and people in Texas who have lost homes… There are so many people that need money right now – and if you’re raising millions of dollars – give it to those people, please because you don’t need to promote hate.

Host Jay Leno agrees that it's an unnecessary battle and points out that the sky in Massachusetts hasn't fallen since they passed gay marriage. It's so true.

As Ellen and Portia walk down the aisle and Neil Patrick Harris escorts his boyfriend to red carpet events, it would seem that being gay in Hollywood has become quite common. And, more importantly, acceptable.

While that's certainly true in a relative sense - can you imagine Rock Hudson doing the same? - the NY Times ran an article this weekend on the challenges facing out actors in Tinseltown.

…For most gay actors, Hollywood is not a warm and fuzzy episode of “Will & Grace.” Today, it is certainly more acceptable to be openly gay. But these actors must still answer wrenching questions: Just how candid do you want to be? Would you be happy appearing only in comedies, or being pigeonholed as a character actor? And what does the line “You’re just not right for the role” really mean?
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Openly gay can still mean they would rather not talk about it. Most gay actors are mum in public or on the set, even if they don’t hide their orientation in private, actors and others in the entertainment industry said. Although most may no longer participate in charades — the “girlfriend” on the red carpet, for instance — many adopt a don’t ask, don’t tell policy.

Why? For both men and women, being openly gay, at least for now, means giving up any hope of superstardom.

That's not true for Ellen, sure, but that doesn't mean she's using her celebrity to help the homos. This picture, taken on Sunday, comes from a "Yes on Prop. 2" event that Ellen and Portia hosted. Proposition 2 is for the rights of farm animals. Though she's spoken out against Proposition 8, which would overturn gay marriage, Ellen has yet to donate or raise money for the cause.

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Clay Aiken's coming out really doesn't come as much of a surprise. We've all known for many years that the crooner goes for the guys. Nor is Aiken's lavender revelation the most revolutionary. Scores of celebs have come out before him - Ellen DeGeneres, George Michael, Lance Bass and Martina Navratilova, a tennis player who came out far before it was fashionable - or advisable.

None of these outings were that surprising, but they have all slowly changed gay acceptance of Hollywood and, in fact, the world. Aiken's outing differs, however, in two notable, intrinsically entwined ways. And the aftershocks could help change the State of gay play.

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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were recently wed in a very well-publicized ceremony in Beverly Hills. After that, DeGeneres took to her blog to decry California's Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment that would eliminate same sex couples' right to marry.

Yet despite all the good she's done for gay rights in California, there's a rumbling from other Proposition 8 opponents who say DeGeneres needs to contribute more.

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