Ellen DeGeneres to Marry Portia de Rossi
By Rosa Hayes, published May 16, 2008
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I once worked with a lady whose girlfriend had wanted to get married for a long time. Since we all lived in Oklahoma, this was almost impossible for them to accomplish. Even if they would have gotten married in another state that allowed gay marriages, Oklahoma would not have recognized them as an actual married couple.
My friend decided to do the next best thing, she had a commitment ceremony. A commitment ceremony is very similar to a wedding ceremony.
The commitment ceremony was beautiful with my friend in a wedding dress and her life partner in a tuxedo. Nearly everything was the same as a regular wedding. Instead of throwing white rice or white birdseeds, we dipped the birdseeds in different colors of food coloring to give off the colors of the rainbow. The rainbow is a symbol that the gay community often uses. It was unique and very lovely.
Before we could wish the couple a good fair well as they headed to the limo, a group of people came up to the church and started chanting about being anti-gay. I thought that this was unfair and they had no right.
I am not gay myself, but I do believe that if this is what they want, then they should be left alone. I know what the Bible says and I know that there are a lot of people who are also of different religions. I respect those religions the same as I do the right to be gay.
After a while the police officers where called out to settle down the ruckus but instead of having the anti-gay group leave, they told them to just stay off of the property. We could hear their screams coming from across the street and there wasn't a thing that we could do since there is also a law that protects them; the freedom of speech.
I understand why some laws have recognized gay marriages and others haven't but it is like what DeGeneres had said to the Advocate magazine, we all deserve the same rights.
Ellen DeGeneres to Marry Portia de Rossi
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USA
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