Hey Ellen,

make a new line of ELLEN UNDERWEAR with a slogan that demands equality for all! I will certainly buy it and some of the money could go to organizations that will fight for the right of gay couples in California.

All the best
Anne

Dear Ellen,

I am sorry that I cannot be in California at the moment, because I would very much like to join into the PROTESTS FOR EQUALITY. It is unbelievable that in a country in which people are so proud of their struggle for equal rights, for inalienable rights even that these rights are taken away from some people by public vote. This is not right, this cannot be right and this will never be right. Your marriage simply cannot be nullified. It is one thing to vote for something and then change the law but it is a completely different thing to take away something as substantial as marriage simply by casting a vote. I deeply admire you for your own contribution in the fight for equality and will always support you.

In the meantime, do not despair, keep up the good spirit that you have and do not allow ANYONE to intrude between you and your wonderful wife. She will always be yours and you will always be hers forever and in all eternity. NOONE can take away from you what you feel for each other or what you mean to one another. Love is stronger than this irrational hatred, mistrust and ignorance.

You are such an amazing person and you are so much of a role model for so many of us. Your good sense of humor and your social engagement for so many will always be a beacon of hope.

I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart and I will always be with you in spirit and support you whenever you speak up against inequality and unfair treatment

xxxxxxx

Your devoted fan from the eastcosat

I wonder when we will realize that it is not democratic to allow a vote on civil rights issues. If we had allowed voters to choose whether or not to end slavery or segregation, our country's history would look very different. It is sad when we use blind fear to take away rights from people.

Regardless of the setbacks, the question is not if, but when, you will be treated as a first-class citizen of this country. You have done great things for the acceptance of gays and lesbians, and I thank you for everything you have sacrificed to bring us to this point.

You and Portia are beautiful. Stay strong!

Dear Ellen

I am so sorry that pro 8 was passed. it just makes me so disappointed. To think that not even two day's ago America showed how much you have changed as a country and to think that Gay marriages is no longer legal in California is disappointing. I am a proud Canadian lesbian woman who finds it disappointing that a country as powerful and great as America finds homosexuality so intimidating and wrong, that they would vote to take away something so many people find sacred and that so many people value, from the one group of people that deserve it.

I am proud to say that I live in a country that embraces homosexuality and that says we are one and we should all live as one and as equals.

Yours Sincerely,
Kanesha

Ellen,
Sorry is a word that I don't think will apply for the results of Prop 8- I think devastation is a better one. I do not live in California, I am actually a Canadian. I am not Gay, I am a mother of a 5 year old boy who I hope grows up to be a better person then many of the people who voted to Ban Gay Marriage. I hop my son can see the level of equality every human deserves. I hope that my son sees oppression and rises against it not with it. I hope that my son is the kind of boy who grows up to see everyone as a human not a colour, a sex or a religion. I think its beyond sad that years from now and hopefully it doesn't take that long people, including my son look back in shame at the horrors that the Gay Community has had to deal with. I hope he asks me what were people thinking in a tone that is same as when I asked my parents what people were thinking during the civil rights movement when they condoned the treatment towards African-Americans. I hope my son never embarrasses me with thoughts of hate. 16,000 couples have been stripped of the one thing we all spend an eternity searching for, a spouse that we can stand in front of our friends, family and the world and say is ours because thats just how much we love them. The worst part is the people who voted to ban in woke up this morning and didn't care about the issue anymore cause it was over for them... They won't think about next week or even next year but for the 16,000 couples that were degrated they woke up this morning stripped of that aspect of love. I applaud Ellen and all the other people that make up the Gay Community that still got up this morning and did what they had to do. My only statement for them is to keep fighting even when it doesn't seem like you'll win cause with time love does conquer all and there is no law that can take away that.

Dearest Ellen and Portia,

I am so devastated about prop 8. What about: "What God has joined as one let no one put assunder.?" Don't loose faith, what I see in your eyes is love and devotion, surely that will ultimately prevail.

God bless you both and stick together!!!!

Lot's of love and continued best wishes for a long MARRIED life together,
Heidi

Ellen, come to Canada! We'll throw you two a wedding that will always be legal.
No matter what the law now states in Cali, no one can take away your vows and what they meant to you. It is disappointing and disheartening, but the 49% that voted no to Prop 8 have got your back, and so do your neighbors up North.
XO

I'm so sorry Ellen. You and Portia are in my thoughts and prayers..Just remember, you will and shall forever be Mrs. Degeneres..I LOVE YOU!

YOU AND THE MRS KEEP YOUR HEADS UP!!

NADINE...

Hello Ellen,
I am in shock of the result today. I never thought that us Californians would fall for the "seperate but equal" again. But the fight is not over, and someday, everyone will be equal. You are such an amazing role model, and deserve nothing but happiness, the same happiness that you bring into the homes of people everyday. I wish you and your beautiful wife all the happiness in the world.
Love,
Katie

Dear Ellen,
I have watched and admired you from afar (Australia) for many, many years, from way before I realised I am gay and well before you came out during that wonderful time in 1997. I was always content to watch you until today; today I feel I need to write to you. I feel so sad today, I stayed home from work yesterday to watch Obama win, I cried tears of joy that something so momentous had occurred and to see all those people truly overcome with the result. I wake up this morning and hear Proposition 8 has passed. Proposition 8 doesn't affect me- I am Australian, but I am so saddened for you and Portia and all those who have been so happy to be 'just like everyone else' for this short time. It is beyond my comprehension that someone could choose to take someone's rights away, someone’s right to simply love who they love.
Anyway, I am thinking of you and will continue to watch and admire you.
Angela