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Wedding bells for Ellen, Portia?
16/05/2008 11:34 - (SA)
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| Actress Portia de Rossi, left, and television personality Ellen DeGeneres at the 19th Annual Glaad Media Awards in April in Los Angeles. (File, AP)
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Los Angeles - Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favour of gay marriage into action - she and actress girlfriend Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show.
DeGeneres was taping the episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, the day the state's high court struck down California laws against gay marriage, and it was to air on Friday, a person close to the production said.
The person, who was not authorised to discuss the matter publicly, spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
Citing the court's ruling, DeGeneres said she and de Rossi (Ally McBeal, Nip/Tuck) would be getting married.
De Rossi, 35, who was in the studio, and DeGeneres, 50, were applauded by audience members, the person close to the production said.
Calls and e-mails late on Thursday to DeGeneres's publicist were not immediately returned.
The court ruling means 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 the ballot in November that would undo the Supreme Court ruling and ban gay marriage.
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