Ellen DeGeneres cleared some time during an episode of her talk show, set to air today, to comment on the killing of 15-year-old Lawrence King who was shot Feb. 12 in Oxnard, California allegedly because he was gay. In the commentary, posted to her website last night, Ellen talked about equality, homophobia and the importance of screening politicians on equality. She became emotional and choked up. Then she proceeded with the rest of her show, cutting to commercial, welcoming Janet Jackson and probably hissing at some of her writers about how they're not funny.

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