Rosie O'Donnell, Wanda Sykes and the gay marriage debate

[cboy4]

Oh please Rosie :eyes:
She's really irritated me over the Prop 8 situation and her smug comments.





Rosie O'Donnell sees herself as a gay marriage pioneer -- and seems to have little time for those who believe she could have done more to oppose Proposition 8. According to The Times' Denise Martin:

Some reporters questioned why O'Donnell has been "oddly absent" from the uproar of California's passing of Proposition 8, which denies same-sex marriage. But the comedian scoffed. "This is nothing new for me. When I got married it was an act of civil disobedience as much as it was a love story. There is not any person in the country who doesn't know I'm for gay marriage. I'm not vocal enough? I got married before anyone else did. I've been living it and living it for a very long time."

Another comedian, Wanda Sykes, announced she's gay and is now protesting against the passing of Prop. 8. ABC News reports she might be a bridge between gay-rights groups and the African American community, which according to exit polls backed the ban on same-sex unions:

Living life in the spotlight -- as black and gay -- is twice as hard, according to other blacks who say they are stigmatized by society at large for their sexual orientation and again by their own homophobic culture. Sykes, who was unavailable for comment, is one of only a handful of black, gay celebrities to protest California's Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban that was passed with the help of a coalition of religious groups, many of them black.

--Shelby Grad

Photos: AP; LAT file

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/11/rosie-odonnell.html

[madrchsod]

1. i think wanda is one of the best comics out there

kind`a took me back when she announced she was gay but what the hell do i care. i just wish she was on the teevee more.

is rosie supposed to be funny?

[Catch22Dem]

2. I love Wanda. She cracks me up

Didn't know she came out, but good for her. :D

[closeupready]

3. I've always loved Wanda. Used to love Rosie, too, until her arrogant

remarks recently.

[mondo joe]

4. Rosie's personal dysfuncion prevents her from doing us - and probably her - any good.

But I loves my Wanda.

[ronnykmarshall]

5. Rosie is an ass.

"I got married before anyone else did."

You fucking arrogant shit. Tell that to Del and Phillis.

What a jerk.

[RetiredTrotskyite]

6. YAY For Wanda, BOO For Rosie...

Rosie O'Donnell has lost any respect I had for her--not that I ever had a lot.

Kudos to Wanda for having the courage to come out. I can imagine that it is very difficult for a person to be both black and an "out" gay person. I wish her all the best.

[MsUnderstood]

7. Back off rosie--its not okay to bash gays

She lives in NY and Florida. This is a California issue.

Just because she is gay doesn't automatically make her a prop 8 spokesperson.

Be happy for the Community support we get instead of slapping any who don't jump in and fight.

[davidinalameda]

8. she endorsed Cindy Sheehan for Congress

so don't give me any crap about how she lives in New York

she involved herself in a Congressional race here but she won't stick up for the GLBT community here?