Prop 8 Overturned: Celebs React to Historic Ruling
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Equality for all!
On Tuesday, a San Francisco, Calif. federal appeals court declared that Proposition 8 -- the 2008 voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriages in California -- was unconstitutional.
Once the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Prop 8 was in violation of the U.S. Constitution, celebs immediately took to Twitter to react.
"Today we took another step towards equality. #Prop8 was found unconstitutional again. I couldn't be happier," tweeted Ellen DeGeneres, who married partner Portia de Rossi in 2008.
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"Are my ears hearing this correctly? If so my eyes are filling with tears of joy! Thank you Lord," Kelly Osbourne wrote on the microblogging site, adding the hashtag #Prop8IsUnconstitutional. Replied Gossip Girl's Michelle Trachtenberg to Osbourne: "Prop Hate!!"
Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson also expressed excitement that same-sex marriage is now legalized in the state of California, where their series tapes.
In a Twitter message posted by Ferguson, the actors told fans that "Mitch and Cameron have a question for you," and linked to a photo of themselves holding a sign that said "how could you not want to see us tie the knot?"
On the Emmy-winning ABC series, the actors play a gay couple who have a young daughter but are not officially married.
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8About time!
YAYAYAYAY!!!! This makes me super happy!!! Isnt it sad so many people claiming they are "Christian" really ARENT? Love is Love people.... I sure would think a lot of hetero couples would be super angry if the government took THEIR rights away.... Right? I dont CARE if you guys get married - so why do you care so much if I get married to my girlfriend? Remember... Hate is HATE... and what comes around goes around.
Actually Courtney, America was built on the foundation of the separation between church and state! Therefore the government really has no right to claim that homosexuality is immoral and it also flies in the face of the constitution. Perhaps studying American history would be a better use of your time than repeating the blatant ignorance you have demonstrated here!!!!
Hey Courtney... last time I checked, the government doesn't dictate sin.
Awesome news!! Congrats to California for finally opening their eyes and no longer allowing such discrimination and hate! A step in the right direction for sure!
Finally! Someone with brains! Discrimination is unconstitutional and unacceptable. Progress is good! Hopefully other states follow suit!
I agree Courtney. This is wrong.
this California ruling wasn't historic you dumbasses this country is built on Judeo Christian beliefs so homosexuality is viewed as a sin