Kathy Griffin: No Joke

Fab comedienne Kathy Griffin joined a Proposition 8 protest march this week to condemn same-sex marriage foes.

Towleroad reports her speech: “I've got a few questions for those who supported Proposition 8. What the fuck is it to you? Why are people in this state—when we have so many things on our plate, a fiscal disaster going on—why does anyone waste their time with this issue? Why does anyone care if gay people get married? You would never in a million years go up to a person of color and say, ‘Well, you know I hear that black people want to get married now. I mean, it's fine if they live together.’ You would cringe, would you not? ‘I hear that Mexicans want to vote! There goes the neighborhood!’ Right? It would sound absolutely silly. And yet across the state, people are having dinner conversations saying, ‘Well, do gay people really have the right to get married?’ Yes. Domestic union, domestic partnership is not the same."

Then saying that she was channeling the spirit of Sally Field in “Norma Rae” and that her friends call her "Norma Gay," Griffin held up a sign with the word "union,” scratched out with "marriage" written above it.

Thank you, Kathy. And just know, girl, I voted for you for the Best Comedy Album—though you clearly understand this is no joke.