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Ellen DeGeneres calls up homophobic Republican live on TV
Lesbian star takes a stand against gay-hating US politician
"Hi! It's Ellen DeGeneres. The gay one."
Ellen DeGeneres - the comic turned chat show host and genius of the US airwaves - made a phone call to notorious homophobe Sally Kern during her national talk show this week.
Ellen - whose girlfriend is former Ally McBeal star Portia Di Rossi - was insensed after Kern's gay-hating ways were exposed over the weekend. The Republican - elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004 - reckons homosexuality will bring down civilisation. Eek.
Her anti-gay vitriol was exposed when the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund put a tape recording of a speech she had made on YouTube.
It went something like this:
"This stuff, it's deadly and it's spreading, and it will destroy our young people. It will destroy this nation. Studies show that no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted more than, you know, a few decades."
Poor, frightened Sally Kern then went on to claim homosexuals are "indoctrinating" the young.
Ellen - in her own inimitable way - decided to give Sally a courtesy call.
"I feel like there's some misinformation going on here, and I think I need to call her," Ellen told her studio audience.
The call went to voicemail (that ALWAYS happens), with an automated message telling her Kern's voicemail was full.
"I bet!" said Ellen. "She's busy. It seems like she is getting some voicemails!"
Ellen then left the message, "Hi! It's Ellen DeGeneres. The gay one."
And in an (un)expected twist, Queerty is reporting Sally Kern's son is gay. Dealing with it well, then.
