Comedian Wanda Sykes is out

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Sykes spoke out this weekend at a rally in Las Vegas protesting the passage of Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California.

“We took a huge leap forward [in electing Barack Obama] and then got dragged about 12 steps back. … Our community was attacked,” Sykes told the cheering crowd.

“The New Adventures of Old Christine” star told the audience that she married her wife on Oct. 25. But she admits she doesn’t talk about her sexual orientation often in public. However, the recent passage of Proposition 8 has made her so angry that she has decided to be more vocal.

“If we had equal rights, we shouldn’t have to be standing out here demanding something that we automatically should have as citizens of this country,” Sykes said. “… I said, ‘You know what, now I gotta get in your face.’ And that’s what we all have to do now. They pissed off the wrong group of people! They have galvanized our community.”

What do you think of Syke’s impassioned speech? About gay marriage? About equal rights?

Should the gay community try to rebrand “gay marriage” as gay partnership and remove the religious aspect of this controversial issue?

Would it be easier to achieve the goal of giving homosexual life partners the same rights as heterosexual couples if the church was removed from the equation?