The passages of Proposition 8, (which put an end to gay marriages in California) has got TV’s feisty funny lady steamed. 

Comedian Wanda Sykes says the passage of a same-sex marriage ban in California has led to her be more outspoken about being gay. She told a stunned gay rights crowd of about a 1,000 in Las Vegas, "I don’t really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn’t feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life," Relaying how happy she was that Obama had clenched the presidency, Sykes said that she felt "attacked" by the passage of Prop 8. She told the crowd, “We took a huge leap forward and then got dragged twelve feet back. I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked — our community was attacked…Now, I gotta get in their face," she said. "I ‘m proud to be a woman. I’m proud to be a black woman, and I’m proud to be gay." 

Divorced from her husband in 1998, Sykes legally married her "wife" in California on October 25th.  The passage of Proposition 8, spurred her decision to officially come out.  Sykes, co-star of "The New Adventures of Old Christine," and was a featured player on Larry Sanders, "Curb Your Enthusiasm, is one of the few out actresses currently playing a leading or supporting role on primetime network television.  She concluded, "They pissed off the wrong group of people.  They have galvanized a community. We are so together now and we all want the same thing and we shouldn’t have to settle for less. Instead of having gay marriage in California, no, we’re gonna have gay marriage across the country!"