Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi to marry
News.com.au: "Australian actress Portia de Rossi is to wed her long-time lesbian love Ellen DeGeneres following a California Supreme Court ruling to dump the state's ban on gay marriages.
An audience member at the Ellen DeGeneres Show told TMZ.com that DeGeneres made the announcement today as the show was being taped with de Rossi watching from the sidelines. Fans erupted into applause, giving the pair a standing ovation. It came after California's Supreme Court effectively left same-sex couples in America's most populous state free to tie the knot.
In an opinion that analysts say could have nationwide implications for the issue, the seven-member panel voted 4-3 in favour of plaintiffs who argued that restricting marriage to men and women was discriminatory.
"Limiting the designation of marriage to a union 'between a man and a woman' is unconstitutional and must be stricken from the statute," California Chief Justice Ron George said in the written opinion."
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