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" Ellen DeGeneres was the focus of a rather ridiculous column this week, in which pastor and author Larry Tomczak heavily criticised Ellen for promoting a &amp;#039;gay agenda&amp;#039;, writing that she &amp;quot;celebrates her lesbianism and &amp;#039;marriage&amp;#039; in between appearances of guests like Taylor Swift to attract young girls.&amp;quot; Of course, being the lovely person and general legend she is, Ellen responded in the BEST possible way.     Speaking out on her show, Ellen directly addressed the column in all its absurdity. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t usually read anything about myself,&amp;quot; she began, &amp;quot;unless it&amp;#039;s about me being pregnant and then, how else would I know? Got to find out. But I heard there was an article written about me and I would like to address it right now.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;First of all,&amp;quot; she said, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not &amp;#039;married&amp;#039;. I&amp;#039;m married. That&amp;#039;s all.&amp;quot; She then proceeded to set off a party popper to show the true meaning of celebrating her lesbianism, then suggested that Larry&amp;#039;s TV watching habits (he held up I Love Lucy as a wholesome show families should be watching) had some pretty gay undertones.   But, alongside the (very funny) jokes, Ellen delivered a pretty great message to all the haters. &amp;quot;The only way I&amp;#039;m trying to influence people is to be more kind and compassionate with one another,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;That is the message that I&amp;#039;m sending out. I don&amp;#039;t have an agenda. [...] Attention, youth of the world: I want you to live your lives being exactly who you are. Be true to yourself \u2014 the most important thing is to be true to yourself.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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