Ellen DeGeneres, Melissa Etheridge & Kathy Griffin react to CA Supreme Court decision

I’ve surfed the net looking for celebrity reaction to the CA Supreme Courts decision, announced today, to uphold Proposition 8 which bans same-sex marriage in the state.

Ellen DeGeneres, one of the most high-profile opponents to Prop. 8, married wife Portia de Rossi in August 2008. Under today’s ruling, she and Portia and the approximately 18,000 others who married within the legal window last year will remain married as long as they want to.

Ellen said in a brief statement: “ One day when everyone is treated with full equality, we’ll look back and realize how wrong this was.”

Melissa Etheridge, who had been very vocal about the passing of Prop 8 and suggested gays stop paying taxes, said: “So, will anyone be sleeping better tonight? Those full of hate and fear will surely be disappointed that 18,000 same sex couples will be living in wedded bliss, kissing their spouses goodnight, checking off those little ‘married’ boxes on all those forms we fill out nowadays. That’s really going to drive them crazy.”

Melissa, who planned to legally marry her longtime partner, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, added that the ruling was tough on her family: “There are those of us like me who still dangle in ‘domestic partnership. We can adopt our own children, but we can’t bring our partners who might be citizens from out of the country, here. We can’t file joint tax returns. I could go on. Who will be happy tonight? How do I explain this to my children? Well, you know Ellen? She is married but Mommy and I are not…. That is liberty and justice for all? I am hopeful as I see more and more states turn to the inevitable future of equality, California will get there. Change takes time.”

Kathy Griffin, one of the most high-profile straight allies also released a statement saying her mother, Maggie, wants to go protesting: “My 89 year old mother has asked me to get her a wheelchair to take her to a protest tonight, even though she isn’t in the greatest of health. She is neither gay, nor the parent of a gay person, but she is as passionate about this decision as I am. I am so proud to march with her. Shame on the CA Supreme Court for this decision that history will not look back on fondly.”