2. Straight Talk
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"So you'll walk me down the aisle?"
—Ellen DeGeneres, talk-show host, to Republican presidential candidate John McCain, after he told her that while he opposes gay marriage, he wishes her every happiness. DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi wed in August in California, just two months before the state passed a referendum banning gay marriage
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