Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres wore a white vest and pants while actress Portia de Rossi was decked out in a lacy dress, as the lesbian couple wed at their Los Angeles home this past weekend in a ceremony caught on camera by People magazine.
While the Saturday ceremony was a closely guarded affair, People posted details and images on its Web site.
Candles and flowers surrounded DeGeneres and de Rossi as they wed. They sat on floor pillows with Wayne Dyer, the author of books on spiritualism and self-help, who officiated the ceremony.
“She’s officially off the market,” DeGeneres told People of her new spouse. “No one else gets her. And now she’ll cook and clean for me.”
Just how much de Rossi will be expected to cook remains in doubt, given that People reports the couple has a personal chef named David Silberkleit, who prepared an all-vegan meal for the wedding.
DeGeneres hosts daytime talk show, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” and De Rossi has starred in the television shows “Arrested Development” and “Ally McBeal.” The couple started dating in 2004.
The wedding of DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, was one of the most highly anticipated same-sex weddings since the California Supreme Court in May overturned a state ban on those unions.
A ballot measure before the state’s voters in November threatens to override the court’s decision. Gay and lesbian groups, dismayed at the prospect of losing a hard-won right, have expressed hope that happy same-sex couples getting married will help convince voters to support the unions.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis)
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If marriage is a religious function, then the government should have no part in it; everyone should contract for relationships with civil unions, then have religious ceremonies performed separately, called marriage, handfasting, mut’a, or whatever. Those who want to live in a theocracy should move to Iran.
- Posted by Pushme-PullyouIf marriage is a government-sanctioned legal contract, then it is a civil right available to everyone of legal age, regardless of chromosomes or gender identity. In the U.S., the failure to separate church and state serves neither.
God has smiled on Ellen and Portia! What a great couple! I wish them every happiness.
- Posted by WayneFLBlkGirl: Your religion (a characteristic, by the way, that is chosen) may prevent you from embracing same-sex marriage and I’m not about to trash your faith. But your ignorance of the history of discrimination is almost unbearable. How can so much have been forgotten in such a short time? Ask Jews, Catholics, Irish, Italians, Chinese, Japanese, American Indians, women, obese people, bald people, old people, disabled people, or just about any other “different” category of people whether discrimination against them as been based solely on their SKIN COLOR. I’m assuming (from your handle) that you’re a black woman. I’m a white man so it’s a little dicey for me to be lecturing you - but you really ought to know better.
On a related note, unless you have some particular insight into Ellen and Portia’s home life that you didn’t disclose, I don’t see how you know that either of the “plays” any particular gender role in their relationship. I’d like to know how you know that.
- Posted by MeTPBTW,
Do I think they are going to Hell or whatever people like to say about homosexuals?…NO! Thats not for me to judge. People are people and I respect them for who they are as God’s children, but…Don’t expect me to jump and shout, and sing and celebrate with or for you because I just know its wrong.
- Posted by FLBlkGirlOkay, its good to see some people here with lots of sense! Yes this headline is truly a sterotype, but think about it…You have this girl-girl couple, where one “plays” the male role….Which is a sure sign that the natural course of marriage is between a man and a woman, not a woman, and a “wanna be” man….If you are a female, be a female, not one in man’s clothing….Even though female roles nowadays have shifted as it has been the women who have had to be a mother and father to their children when father isn’t around…still this is absolutely wrong, and I don’t think we should glamorize this. Even still, to each his(her) own.
For those who compare this to the plight of discrimination of minorities….Similar(yes) but not he same thing…With that, it was purely discrimination for SKIN COLOR…not people who live a lifestyle that is inherently against God’s intention and purpose.
- Posted by FLBlkGirlCongrats to the happy couple!!! How exciting to see we are a tiny bit closer to real equality of all our citizens.
- Posted by TerriMarriage is not a right–thus you will not find it in the Constitution/Bill of Rights. It is a privilege granted by The People upon certain unions. The traditions surrounding the ceremony are unrelated. It’s not up to the courts to decide who that privilege is extended to–right or wrong it is supposed to be up to us.
- Posted by JoshThere is nothing wrong with this marriage. True there can be no offspring, but then again, celibicy as the Catholic church demands of their priests, has that exact same effect.
- Posted by howardShe’ll cook and clean, huh? Well, it’s nice to see that chauvenism isn’t a gender specific condition. Good luck to them anyway.
- Posted by benJohn so you say “The opposite of life is death and therefore these types of relationships by their inability to produce life, bring death. “.
What about marriage of infertile hereosexual couples? Elderly couples that are in love but past child bearing years? Are they not allowed to get married in your view just becuase they arent going to “produce”?
That, my friend, is insanity. Goodness people…lighten up. You would sanction the marriage of ANY 2 people as long as they are of different sexes?
- Posted by Poppy SMarty, I think you need to walk a mile or two in someone else’s shoes before you pass judgement on them. Live every day of your life with the knowledge that many of the people around you (some of whom you love dearly) won’t accept you as you are, think you’re defective in some way, look down on you and your relationships. Then live with the knowledge that some people (not many, but enough to be scary) will kill you because of who you are. It’s not at all surprising that some (but not all) members of oppressed minorities become radicalized as a result. Unless it’s happening to you, you can’t know what it’s like to live their lives. Just saying to someone that you can understand how they can feel so angry goes a lot farther than your “just get over it” approach and you might find that people who were rigid and hard to get along with before might just open up a bit to your ideas as well.
I agree the headline plays a bit to some long-held and generally untrue stereotypes, but Ellen did wear pants and Portia did wear a dress so it’s not surprising that the editor went there. Still, it’s a little offensive.
- Posted by MeTPWhat a joke,accepting this is another way this country is going in the wrong direction. If you agree to this you must be a liberal.
- Posted by scottPlease, people - gay marriage isn’t the problem here… prolonged 18th century sexism is.
- Posted by AriWhat happens if the voters overturn same-sex marriage in California? Will Ellen and Portia’s marriage be “grandfathered” or will it be null and void? I had to move to Canada to legally marry the person that I love. Then I had to endure the conservatives there threaten to overturn same-sex marriage. But my marriage would have remained valid if they had been successful. Thankfully, common sense prevailed in Canada and same-sex marriages remain legal.
Why are we Americans so full of hate and intolerance????? I would love to live in my own country again and have my marriage be recognized in all 50 states. At least my taxes now go to a government that works FOR me instead of against me.
- Posted by AmeriCanadianCongrats to the happy couple! Delia,I am sure you meant no harm but civil unions are a lesser status that few, if any couples would exchange for marriage.When you say that you’re married,everyone gets it.Same gender couples deserve the same legal rights and protections as a hetero couple.Individual religions will do as they wish;my husband and I were married by a Church of Christ minister in Toronto 5 yrs. ago-we’ve been together for 15+ yrs.We now live in CA and it’s a relief that our marriage is finally recognized by the state-now we just need to defeat Prop 8 and elect a president who will get rid of DOMA and give us our federal rights….
- Posted by MikeGod bless this union.
- Posted by Margo RoseLife is precious…and love, companionship, friendship, passion, etc., are gifts to be appreciated and enjoyed. I don’t think marriage needs to be just between a man and a woman. These are devoted, caring partners. Best wishes from the Midwest.