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Is being homosexual a human rights issue? That's what people are saying today. A right to your life choices? Your right to have a baby born to two women? How would you respond to such questions? Better off Portia Life's rosy for Portia de Rossi, writes Scott Collins.
AS HALF of one of the most famous gay couples in the United States, Portia de Rossi is still working to decipher the mixed messages American culture is sending her way. On one hand, the actress' marriage to talk-show queen Ellen DeGeneres has won enough popular acceptance that tabloids speculate about whether de Rossi will soon bear the couple's first child, through in vitro fertilisation.... She believes that the return of legal gay marriage is only a matter of time. But when asked whether a recent change to Californian law will affect the lawful status of her marriage, doubt creeps in.... "I don't know," she says softly. "I just really think that when people really understand that this is a human rights issue and that there are a percentage of people living in this country that don't have the same rights as everybody else, I think that people will be compelled to make sure that they live in a country where every single citizen has the same rights."... Full article at The Age
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