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.
Campaign director Patrick Guerriero couldn’t be more pleased about the news, saying, via press release, “[Ellen’s] generous contribution to the campaign comes just at the right moment – and is done in a way that ensures her conversation with voters continues to Election Day. And it delivers our message that Proposition 8 is unfair and just plain wrong.”
How about we take this to the next level?
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ILOVEZ
Go Girl! INCREDIBLE!!!
JPinWeHo
About time!
milo
For all those saying she wasn’t doing enough; they finally slapped a monetray value on it so you can shut the hell up.
DairyQueen
Thanks Ellen. Finally a gay person for the face on No 0n 8! What I love about having her do it, is she is a non threating lesbian.
Nitesurf
This is probably what she was working on all along while she was being criticized for not doing anything. Good for her!
LappyDappy
I knew she’d be vinidcated!!! 😀
NR Davis
WTG Ellen!!!!! I take back everything I said. Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!! And curses to Gavin Newsom.
tracy johnson
No snark today. THANK YOU ELLEN!
BobP
Now all you haters can jump off her back and open your OWN wallets.
Candy
You can’t buy my love Ellen!
IHeartRyanReynolds
And this is a MUCH better investment of her resources than if she just handed over a check to the No on 8 campaign. So far, they have really blown it. Their ads suck, Ellen’s ad is much more effective. Ellen, you’re the gay Oprah (or at least the openly gay Oprah).
pickles
Atta girl. FINALLY. That’s the right idea. NO on 8!
Send her a little thanks~! You know the religious haters will even if you don’t…
http://ellen.warnerbros.com/show/respond/?PlugID=10
JJ
I knew she’d come around, but I’ll admit I was losing hope.
She’s doing just what she should given her wealth and fame, and I say THREE CHEERS FOR ELLEN…
Chuck
’bout time. She should also use her show to daily remind the shut in housewives that hey, they like her, and she is gay, so they have no excuse to vote for a bill that dehumanizes humans for no other reason than hate.
Charles J. Mueller
My personal letter of thanks is sitting in her email box at this very moment. We all thank you, Ellen, from the bottom of our hearts and while many of us will not be able to match the generosity you have just shown, we will give and do what we can to bring about the defeat of Proposition 8.
Onward and upward.
DK
I’m really sick from the fact that in 2008, in a state like California, this is an issue that has been put to ballot and we’re on the losing side. If Prop 8 passes, then given the terrible state of California’s economy, Californians deserve losing the extra millions of dollars that they would have gotten from all the same sex weddings they could have for years to come. Good for MA, CT, and Canada, I guess.
fredo777
I won’t curse Gavin, but I do wish he had chosen his words a bit more carefully.
That sound bite will make a lot of people resentful.
spiffy
I think it’s actually smart of her to wait until now to be doing the commercials and what not — had Ellen started much earlier, it would have been forgotten by now. The last few weeks are always the most important time.
emb
I’m with Spiffy: Thank you, Ellen and I’m sorry I ever snarked about you–raising awareness in these last 2 weeks is vital.
FYI, folks, the mormons and knights of columbus took out a full page ad featuring jesus hisownself in the Sunday LA Times’ voting directory section. They’re playing to win, and we have to too!