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Many have wondered if Ellen DeGeneres was going to publicly step up against California’s Prop 8. Brief references have been made on her talk show, but no news had been released concerning any financial donations, even as Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg donated $100,000 each. News broke this week that Ellen DeGeneres has bought $100,000 in TV advertising time to promote “No on 8.” Ellen’s hope is to appeal to Californians’ compassion and sense of fairness. In August, Ellen married her long time girlfriend Portia de Rossi. Should Prop 8 pass, that marriage could be put in question.

Below is spot Ellen filmed appealing to Californian’s to vote no on Prop 8.

Some supporters of “No on 8″ are concerned that the negative connotation of voting “no” on something may confuse voters who actually support same-sex marriage, and would therefore mistakenly vote for the prop. Long time LGBT ally, Margaret Cho, filmed a spot to clarify that voting no on 8 actually means yes to equality. Watch the spot below:

Every couple of days, I like to visit the homepage of “Protect Marriage,” or as I’d rather call it “Yes on 8,” as the use of “Protect Marriage” is deceitful. It’s fascinating to visit their homepage and see what lies and deceitful ideas they are stewing to promote their cause. Why not, they are advertising on my site consistently, EVERYDAY, for the past couple weeks. In my lastest visit, there was a link about the defacing, theft and various other acts made against “Yes on 8″ signs and against Prop 8 supporters. I do not advocate or support such acts, despite the disgust I feel towards Prop 8. I am a fan of maintaining dignity whether or not an opponent is unquantifiably wrong. I have allowed them to keep their ads on rotation here in the name of political process.

“Yes on 8″ supporters created a YouTube video of their signs being defaced with such words as “Haters” and “Bigots.” Ironically, they play “Where is the love?” in the background of the video. The love certainly isn’t for equality and fairness.

Although I don’t agree with defacing of “Yes on 8″ signs, I find the last screen of text of this video hysterical. They call “No on 8″ supporters hypocrites, but when they end their video with “Most supporters [of Prop 8] are motivated out of love for families, not hate for individuals…But please be tolerant of everyone’s right to express their beliefs.” Really? REALLY? Yes, defacing signs is wrong because they do have the right to express their beliefs, but I really don’t believe “Yes on 8″ supporters have the right to use words such as tolerance and “rights.” They are fighting to remove rights granted by the California Constitution, and affirmed by California state courts. Take a look at this video for a few good laughs:

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