Ellen (DeGeneres) presents $30K to Miss. lesbian in prom flap

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school's prom policy has received a $30,000 scholarship on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

Constance McMillen was speechless Friday when the talk show host pulled out an oversized check from the Web site Tonic.Com, a digital media company.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/16/national/a163535D85.DTL&tsp=1

[Dappleganger]

1. Nice!

I surely hope that more good things happen for her.

[NoodleyAppendage]

2. Ha! Take that! Good slap, Helen. n/t

J

[rfranklin]

3. So it wasn't Ellen being generous, it was a commercial for the website...

It's so much easier to be a big giver when you are a celebrity.

Nevertheless, I am glad the young woman got the moola. I am sure this is going to result in a spate of last moment conversions to lesbianism in MS.

[Dora]

4. It can be both altruistic and capitalistic. That's not a crime.

And neither is homosexuality a crime, that being the point of the larger discussion surrounding this unfortunate episode.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. So she is De-Generous?

Har har har.

For 30 big ones I'LL be a lesbian and I'm a gay man. I always tell my best girl friend if she was a man I would ask her to be my wife. :crazy:

[bluedeminredstate]

6. Good One!!

You are very clever HBS!!

:rofl:

[onpatrol98]

10. Say What?

:banghead:

I must figure out this riddle!

[LanternWaste]

7. delete

delete

[ScottLand]

8. It's still a great gesture, website or not.

I'm sure there are plenty of anti-gay websites trying to use this in a negative way. What the school did was completely vile.

[EFerrari]

9. Very well done!

:applause: