OlderWanda Sykes: I’m Proud To Be Gay!
The New Adventures of Old Christine star Wanda Sykes is speaking about about being gay because of the passage of a same-sex marriage ban in California. Here’s what the 44-year-old comedian told a crowd at a gay rights rally in Las Vegas on Saturday:
“[After Barack Obama was elected,] I thought, man we are moving in the right direction. And then at about 11 o’clock I was crushed. We took a huge leap forward and then got dragged 12 feet back. I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked, our community was attacked. I got married Oct. 25, I don’t really talk about my sexual orientation, I felt like I was living my life, I wasn’t in the closet, but I was just living my life. Everybody who knows me personally, they know I’m gay. And that’s the way people should be able to live our lives, really. We shouldn’t have to be standing out here demanding something we automatically should have as citizens of this country. … They pissed off the wrong group of people. They have galvanized a community. We are so together now and we all want the same thing and we shouldn’t have to settle for less. Instead of having gay marriage in California, no, we’re gonna have gay marriage across the country. When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage also recognized in Nevada, in Arizona, all the way to New York. … I’m proud to be a woman, I’m proud to be a black woman and I’m proud to be gay.”
You can listen to Wanda’s speech here or watch it here.
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she is so funny, I had no idea she is gay….
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She is so funny! I love her!
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GOOD FOR WANDA!! One thing though. Just because we now have a Black President — ABOUT BLOOY TIME — doesn’t mean that all the hateful people out there have gone into caves. Hateful people will ALWAYS be out there. Just like some of the hateful people who come on Jared. “Live and Let Live” — people should remember that and we’d have a better earth for it.
gays rights is so bloody unnecessary.it’s pretty useless.not like ur dying of starvation or whatever.those who want gay rights remind me of the hebrews who Moses rescued and brought to the promised land,and yet they were still unsatisfied and asking God for more.argh.People will never shut up .i also pity Obama for having this ‘black’ thing dragged with him everywhere.Like how Beyonce now wants a Black wonderwoman.People are spitting rubbish out of their mouths in the name of Obama winning.I am not racist at all but shut up man.I don’t see Morgan Freeman saying **** like that!
will someone please shove these individuals into one enormous closet and lock the door! shut your traps, the people have spoken! geez, move on!
uh, #33, have you ever actually READ the United States Constitution? There is no such language as “separation of church and state”. Another lie shoved down the throats of the ignorant.
not being able to marry can be a blessing. think about it. don’t make rich lawyers even richer.
obama is not the answer to gay sexual preference! stop being demanding..you are lucky that you get the respect of being another human being….we just don’t care how you like your ‘egg’ done…so stop pushing it!!
Christians are such hypocrites.
sillyme @ 11/16/2008 at 11:23 am
Why do people keep acting like Obama’s election is supposed to make people more tolerant of gays. There’s absolutely no connection and no reason to think that. It was because of higher than usual turnouts in the black community that Obama won many states, and most blacks are homophobic and see gay marriage as a sin against god.
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Obama won because 67% young people voted for him, 95% blacks *which is still a small number of the populace, people in indiana, pennsylvania, etc. Actually white votes really secured Obama’s win - with just the black vote, he would not have won. He won in states that no Democrat won in for like 40 years. Why do people keep diminishing his win? Wake-up call: your white neighbors voted for Obama in high numbers _ THAT is why he won. Besides, being the right candidate for the right time. And black people are not any more homophobic then people in Tennessee or the most white people in America. The majority of people in America and in the world are homophobic. This is not a black phenomenon. 78% of Jews votes yes on 8. No one talks about that. If you opened up Prop 8 to the rest of the country, that 70% would be much higher. That is why Prop 8 should be a federal issue that has nothing to do with majority rule because if we wait for majority rule, gay marriage will never be passed in America. Americans simply are overwhelmingly against it. That is the reality. And if you are wasting your time attacking black people for their stance on gay marriage, you are blindly mistaken - most whites are against it. I am for it and I come from a very liberal family and even they are not fully on board. Make it federal then it can be passed.
Lev 18:22-23 “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.” Lev 20:13 “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death.” 1 Cor 6:9 “Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals” 1 Tim 1:9-10 “realizing the fact that (civil) law is not made for a righteous man, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers” Rom 1:26-27 “For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.”
is she proud of being ugly too ?
Pretty soon people in incestuous relationships will want to get married, and have it legalized across the nation. After all, what they’re saying is we all should have the right to marry whomever we want, right? No matter what?
Where does it end?
The people of California have spoken! LET IT GO!!!!
no gays pls.
i’m not teaching my kids it’s okay to have mommy & mommy or daddy & daddy.
why don’t animals do same sex?
why does nature not correlate?
why would you want to support something that is clearly not natural.
i’m not homophobic, many of my friends are gay and i love them and respect the as people! they know how i feel and they also respect me.
homosexuality is wrong.
Good for Wanda for speaking out. How can anyone say homosexuality is wrong? On what evidence do they base that? Is blonde hair wrong? Are freckles wrong? Are short people better than tall people? That is just as ridiculous a statement. I hope for a day very soon when people will be respected for who they are and given the rights that they deserve. Our constitution says ALL people are created equal, not just those that are like me or do what I want them to do. Gay marriage will not hurt marriage, it will only create more families. In a world where the divorce rate is 50% for hetersexual couples what right do we have to judge? Don’t all children deserve parents who will love them? No one is asking churches to accept gay marriage- it is a civil marriage that will give them the same rights as everyone else. As a straight person married for 25 to the man I love, I wish everyone the same happiness. Obama’s election meant that people judged him for who he is not the color of his skin, now it is time to judge people by who they are, not who they love.
I believe that allowing gays to marry is wrong. I believe that we are so far away spiritually in this nation that we do not see that legally allowing men to marry other men etc. will open up a pandora’s box that will usher in a social, economic and political power struggle that will ruin the moral foundation of this country. This nation was built on the premise that “In God we trust.” So I ask why do gays want to enter into a “holy matrimony” when their union is out of order from God’s original and only purpose in uniting one man to one woman… Also race is completely separate from sexual orientation. How you choose to participate in your bedroom sexually should not be placed in the same category as the social injustice faced by African Americans. Please show me where gays based on their sexuality only were taken from their country, forced on slave ships , thrown overboard, lost their identity , name and culture, bound in servitude, beaten with whips, separated from their families, rapped, and killed over a concentrated period of hundreds of years and tell me that the history of struggle and oppression are the same as gay right to marry? Are you kidding me.
@ ick. how the hell can you say your not homophobic, then say homosexuality is wrong?
seriously god sake people, the only way kids wont grow up like homophobic jacka$$es is to tell them about gay people. just cause the f*cking bible, some stupid book written “thousands” of years ago, doesnt mean it is wrong.
It is as simple as this.. those who proclaim to be Gay, have always had the right to marry. Where the issue comes in, is that they wish to re-define what marriage is. Going away from the History of Marriage, being between a Man and a Woman.
They also bring into this fight, the Civil Rights Movement, as if it applies to this issue.. It does not. As that was about a RACE not a LIFESTYLE CHOICE… end of story.
p.s. before anyone decides to bring in the “I was Born this Way”.. sorry, but there has been no Factual Study, that finds the “Gay Gene”. While there have been studies that “proclaim” a finding, on both sides of this issue. If one looks behind who was funding that study, one finds that they “get” what they paid for.
“seriously god sake people, the only way kids wont grow up like homophobic jacka$$es is to tell them about gay people. just cause the f*cking bible, some stupid book written “thousands” of years ago, doesnt mean it is wrong.”
No, the way our Children will grow up not hating gays is two-fold.. 1) As parents we need to teach them Love and Respect of All Persons.. aka.. Love the Sinner and Hate the Sin. 2) Those who are Gay (or whatever), need to stop trying to have special rights over others. 38 States have Laws on their Books, that state a crime against a Gay Person, is a GREATER Crime then against any other person. aka.. All Animals are Equal, Some are More Equal.
#68 .hey *******!scold the people if you have to..how dare u speak of a religion or a bible like that.Hate christians if u have to,dont hate christ.you know nuts abt him.cheebai.
Woah didn’t see that coming!!!!
Not surprised that she’s gay, but it’s a shame cuz she’s got some big-ass titties. But she can also go **** herself; she’s playing the race, gender, and sexuality card all at the same time.
The people of California spoke and it’s in the state constitution now — you know, the document that DEFINES your rights. According to it, you don’t have a right to marry another woman anymore. Funny how liberals claim conservatives are trampling the constitution (without actually citing WHERE they’re violating the constitution), yet when there’s something in there they don’t like they ***** endlessly about it despite what the will of the people is.
Homosexuality is wrong! Just say “NO” to gay marriage!
Wait a second… what about Crazy-Eyes Killah!?!
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