Ellen DeGeneres, the TV talk show host,
is putting a California Supreme Court ruling in favour of gay marriage into action.
She and her actress girlfriend, Portia de Rossi, plan to marry, DeGeneres has announced.
She was recording an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday,
the day the state’s high court overturned California’s laws against gay marriage.
She said that she and de Rossi would be getting married. De Rossi, 35,
who was in the studio, and DeGeneres, 50, were applauded by audience members.
The court ruling means that same-sex couples could tie the knot in as little as a month.
However, religious and social conservatives are seeking to put a constitutional amendment
on a ballot in November that would undo the Supreme Court ruling and ban gay marriage.
DeGeneres and the glamorous de Rossi have been a familiar couple at Hollywood events,
including the Academy Awards.
(AP)
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