few careers have seen the extreme highs and lows that ellen degeneres has the talkshow host and comedian is veritably ellen degeneres on time magazine comedian came out 16 years ago on iconic cover meningitis is a communicable disease so is fear lets be rational and work to stop the one without spreading the other fear and misinformation meningitis and the lgbt community the french people strongly endorse samesex marriage and support for the right of married gay and lesbian couples to adopt children sits just shy of 50 percent but the push for equality in france has an ugly underbelly as france prepares for marriage equality opponents warn of civil strife