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Anne Hathaway, Ellen DeGeneres, Jane Lynch urge Obama to support gay marriage

2:55 PM 03/15/2011
Laura Donovan

President Barack Obama may be popular with many politically left-leaning celebrities, but some think his views could use reexamination.

“Love and Other Drugs” actress Anne Hathaway, television host Ellen DeGeneres, “Glee” comedian Jane Lynch and several other starlets signed an open letter to Obama on Monday encouraging him to take a different stance on same-sex marriage.

Obama has recently talked about his “evolving” opinion on gay marriage, and celebrities such as Martin Sheen, singer Mya and DeGeneres’s partner Portia de Rossi believe he could be more supportive of the gay rights movement.

The proposal, titled, “Say, ‘I do,’ Mr. President,” is part of a campaign by marriage equality group Freedom to Marry.

The letter, addressed to Obama, reads, “In February, you made a powerful statement about the law. We ask you now for your leadership on ending the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage — an exclusion that harms millions of Americans each day. Whether to end discrimination in marriage is a question America has faced before, and faces again today.”

The letter urges Obama to “end exclusion from marriage” and team up with signers and supporters of the same-sex marriage campaign.

“Mr. President, the time to end exclusion from marriage is now,” says the letter. “We ask you to complete your journey and join us, and the majority of Americans, who support the freedom to marry.”

Freedom to Marry has called on citizens to co-sign the document.

This letter comes after Obama’s February decision to order the Department of Justice to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Obama said recently that his thoughts on gay marriage were “evolving,” but that a “strong civil union” bill would give gays the same rights as straight married couples.

Tags: Anne Hathaway, Jane Lynch, Martin Sheen
  • MDCON

    this issue is getting old fast…i am tired of hearing about it. The most liberal state in the country just killed a gay marriage bill…. give it rest, leave it alone for while, the people don’t want it right now!

  • jiminga

    Yawn……more star wisdom for the “E” generation.

  • panther70

    Martin Sheen knows all marriage and family but can’t do anything about his out of control son and then there is can’t dance Ellen Dingbat.. who cares. Does any rational thinking person really care what this leftys in Hollywood think?? I don’t….

  • DIANE TX

    Marriage is a religious concept and has nothing to do with secular Laws. In the Catholic Church, which I’m a member of, marriage is one of the sacraments of our Church. Why should my religion have to accept this defilement of one of the sacraments of my religion?

    If you don’t accept the teachings of the Catholic Church – don’t become a Catholic. Have a Civil Union instead. It’s secular and you all have the same rights as someone who was religiously married.

    Why do homosexuals want to usurp the term “married” when a civil union is the same thing? Are they religious homosexuals? Most religions condemn homosexuals, don’t they? I know that the psychiatric community has been campaigning for years that being a homosexual is now to be considered as “normal”, but who believes that crap?

    It’s not, because it’s against the Laws of Nature. The drive of life is to keep the species going. Neither two males, or two females can reproduce on their own. That’s just a Law of Nature, and not a moral judgement. Homosexuals have psychiatric problems – as in something went wrong in their lives. It could be a physical problem as simple as too much of the wrong hormone going to the brain.

    As for President Obama, I don’t have any delusions about him. I know that he supports gay “marriage” and only pretends that he doesn’t to get elected. The same can be said about his “Christian beliefs”. That’s another pretension. He doesn’t have any religious beliefs. He is a Marxist.

    • Offkilter

      Diane, you seem to forget, that in The Laws of Nature, there are many animals who are as well homosexual in nature (I/E Bats, Dogs, etc).

      As for the psychological problems…please explain to me then, everytime I turn around, the ones going into jail are straight, white, Catholic or Evangelical types? Or must I bring up the Catholic Priest and altar boy foobar that happened within your religious sect? It’s not just Homosexual that have ‘psychiatric’ problems as you point out, it’s EVERYONE. Even you, even me. Granted, I do agree if they are not religiou, go for a civil union. Don’t make another belief system, who is against the joining, to bend over for you when you rightly know they won’t.

  • ChickFight

    THIS IS NOT IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW YOU OBLIVIOUS TWITS!!! DO YOU AIRHEADS HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE WORLD??!! MOST OF WHAT YOU WANT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE TO YOU – EXCEPT OF COURSE THE ABSOLUTE AND PERMANENT REDEFINITION OF MARRIAGE AND MANDATED GOVERNMENT MORAL EQUIVALENCE TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR OWN CIRCUMSTANCES. STRAIGHT PEOPLE CAN’T MARRY WITHIN THEIR OWN GENDER EITHER IF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER. Damnit – give it a rest for a bit will ya?

  • robjh1

    “The 13th Amendement to the US Constituti on officially abolished slavery. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, passed by the House on Jan. 31, 1865, and adopted December 6, 1865. In 1875 a Civil Rights Act was passed. The Act guaranteed everyone, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, to the same treatment. From 1875 to 1964 the act was amended. In fact, eight years after it was passed, in a 8-1 vote the Supreme Court voted the act of 1875 constituti onal. Not until 1964 did the act clearly and lawfully protect Civil Rights not just for blacks but for women _ let’s just say people as a whole. Now some years later gays/lesbi ans etc expect, demand the President to act on what SOME may see as special rights??? Look how long it took for people to get BASIC rights. If, as I have said in the previous postings, we look at the human element of the right to marriage and not gay/lesbia n right then perhaps a change would come. Also, it took nearly a hundred years for women and blacks to get the basic right to vote and own property. Why can’t we start with civil unions (same entitlemen ts as married couples) as a beginning to marriage? Start with something to gain more. What is wrong with this? Civil unions might be more palatable as a beginning for some. The President himself said he is wrestling with the issue.”

    • Jon_Dysii

      Slavery is alive and well in the form of spousal support. A lot of gays are soon going to find out how financially painful and unfair divorce is to the more responsible halve. Marriage is really more of a religous deal, anyways. We need less government in our lives, not more. If two people can’t be happy living together without a piece of paper, they shouldn’t be together in the first place.

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