Celebrity Justice
Ellen Torn Up Over Gay Murder

Ellen DeGeneres broke from comedy for a few minutes on the show she taped today and got deadly serious.


Ellen looked into camera and talked about the murder of Lawrence King, a 15-year-old student in Oxnard, Ca. King, who was gay, was allegedly shot to death by a fellow male student whom he asked to be his Valentine.

Ellen was on the verge of tears and as close to political as she gets. The show airs tomorrow, check local listings.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, Ellen DeGeneres

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511. I totally agree with crabby she is a hypocrite. I think ringstae should change his name:)

Posted at 9:10AM on Apr 7th 2008 by suzi cue

512. #506
I appreciate your comment, you speak my mind
Why a gay person should be careful who he/she is expressing their feeling for and a straight person can express their feeling to whoever he/she wants?
It's terrible to know that some people think it is more acceptable to kill a gay person than a man asking another man out

Another boy was killed! If people keep just thinking about themselves but not for others, if they keep believing that hate or apply violence on people who are different from them is nothing wrong. All you will see are more victims and broken hearts

BRAVO to Ellen, she shows the message loud and clear, hatred for people because they are gay is absolutely not okay
For people who think Ellen did not cried enough for Larry as she cried so hard last time for her poor dog
The last time she cried so hard for her dog, all she got are nasty comments talking about gaining compassion, unreal and so on
this time she hold her tears back so hard and people just say she cried for the dog more than she cried Larry
What do you want?
Cry is wrong and no cry is wrong too?

For people who think Ellen is hypocritical and she should not show her feeling,
please remenber Ellen is a human being too, she has feeling and that's nothing wrong to show her sadness towards that innocent child, everyone with compassion would bad or cry for such a sweet boy killed, does it make any different when the person is Ellen? I love Ellen even more for the humanity and love she has, I am sure a lot of people share the same feeling with me.

Posted at 12:09AM on Apr 18th 2008 by MZ

513. Nor Cal Reader poster...your're obviously cynical...and hello...Ellen IS gay....Gay issues are close to her heart. Also check your pulse.

Good for you Chris poster for making this a learning lesson to your sons. Every parent needs to take a proactive role in teaching their children tolerance and compassion for people different from them. It is the responsibility of parents to educate their children on moral issues. There are no courses in the schools for this. While I don't go to church now, I did most of time under 18 and that was good. While many may not agree with organized religion, it does provide a basis for instilling values so I say take your kids to church.....and if hating gay people is a tenet of your religion, change to another ....cause that religion is messed up. A religion that teaches hate is just plain wrong. I am, by the way, GAY.

Posted at 12:33AM on Jun 1st 2008 by StPeteFLRealtor

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