Ellen Degeneres to star in "Oh, God!" remake - and guess who she's playing...

I can't wait for the fundies to go nuts over the fact that an avowed lesbian woman is playing God (I know it's redundant to say 'lesbian woman,' but they're going to freak over the fact that a gay person AND a woman is portraying God, so I felt it necessary to mention both). Ellen is perfect for the role - her dry humor will be hysterical in the part.

As for America's Taliban's reaction to all of this, they're in a bit of a pickle. There's really no reason to oppose Ellen in the part other than to say she's gay, or a woman. And either of those arguments is bigoted on its face, in addition to being religiously bigoted in my view (who says God can't be a woman, or gay for that matter?) So it will be interesting to see what the bigots-for-Babylon come up with to justify the pretty-obvious impending boycott of this movie. If they say it's not about Ellen being gay, then great - we'll force them to admit that it's okay to have a gay person playing God, just not THIS gay person, and that is something they'll never admit. So they're kind of in a bind. Love it. Love it. Love it.