'The Rosie Show': Rick Perry's 'Strong' Anti-Gay Ad Breaks Rosie O'Donnell's Heart (VIDEO)

Getting engaged is a time for celebration, and while Rosie O'Donnell's recently announced engagement to Michelle Rounds has led to mostly positive support, she admitted on "The Rosie Show" (Weeknights, 7PM ET on OWN) that it still surprises her how far we've come as a society.

And then she sees something, like Rick Perry's "Strong" ad, which tells her we're not there yet.

In the ad, the presidential hopeful says, "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian. But you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know that there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military, but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school."

Rick Perry's ad has gone viral, but not for positive reasons. It has well over 600,000 "dislikes" on YouTube, and has received a ton of video responses, and even several video parodies.

But the content of his message is no laughing matter. O'Donnell said, "It broke my heart ... He called the ad 'Strong,' but frankly he should have just called it wrong."

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Comments

[Dan Slander]

11:25 AM on 12/16/2011

With her show tanking Rosie decides to go the Kardashian route. I wonder what her last "husband/wife" took her for? One thing for certain she is washed up.

[WhiteGinger]

03:38 PM on 12/14/2011

I think it would be fun to interview all these morons like Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, and that witch Michelle Bachmann 30 years from now when same sex marriage is legal in every state. Like it or not that is the way it is going to be, you cannot deny the accomplishments the LGBT people have made and will continue to make, they are unstoppable. People are never going to give up on their personal rights.

My bet is that Santorum will be married to a man by then, possibly Michelle Bachmann's current husband.

[Cards423]

02:21 PM on 12/14/2011

Perry is not fit to be President for many reasons, not just this one. What people of his ilk do not seem to grasp is that if it is ok to discriminate against gay people then what is to stop someone tomorrow from advocating discrimination against black people, and then Jewish people, and then people with red hair, etc. etc. We are moving forward Rick, not backwards into ignorance.

[brycecoaching]

04:32 PM on 12/16/2011

I appreciate the spirit of your post, but could you please come up with some "fresh" examples, especially since Black people and Jewish people continue to discriminate as they also discriminate against others as well.

[brycecoaching]

04:34 PM on 12/16/2011

Bad grammar I must correct! Black and Jewish people continue to be DISCRIMINATED AGAINST while they also discriminate against others like gay people!

[FantasticFourFan]

02:06 PM on 12/14/2011

What I find interesting is that Perry hasn't come out and "corrected" those who see the ad as attacking gays. That can only mean one thing...

[Sarita Boone]

02:04 PM on 12/14/2011

I do not agree with the "No one would choose be gay..." I am a lesbian and I would absolutely choose to be attracted to a woman. There is nothing that I dislike about being gay. I am not bothered by other people's opinions, thoughts, or ideas at all.

[dogtac69]

02:29 PM on 12/14/2011

Sarita Boone

When I was much younger, I absolutely would have chosen not to be gay. But, since society is not as harsh as it once was, I agree with you. I like being a lesbian. I like everything about it. I have a feeling that those making the "no one would choose to be gay" statement are older gays/lesbians who lived through the horrors of the 50s, 60s, 70s. As bad as things are today, in the past, it has been much worse.

F&F

[WhiteGinger]

03:20 PM on 12/14/2011

I think when people say they didn't choose to be gay, they are not saying they dislike being gay or would rather be straight. The problem is that there are a lot of ignorant people who think being gay is a choice, which it is not.

[Helen Oppenheimer]

01:47 PM on 12/14/2011

yeah it is heartbreaking - he could have picked another topic, but no! So now we have these parodies like Mashable's Top Ten - this one's my fave because I love music: http://www.youtube.com/user/peterhollens

[Kristopher Wright]

01:20 PM on 12/14/2011

I'm not a huge fan of Rosie, but this was probably the best response to Rick Perry's ad I've seen yet. Heartfelt and direct, I think it's a more compelling counter to that hateful ad than just laughing at Perry's backwardness. I'm probably going to use that line: It shouldn't be called Strong, it should be called Wrong. Great point, Rosie.

[Tammy Kelly]

12:18 PM on 12/14/2011

love love love love...Hmmmm!! nope no matter how many times I say it it still sounds the same. Love is love, reguardless of who you decide to love or how to love. Now if our Government would just learn to "govern" and keep out of peoples personal life styles they might be able to fix our country. O.K. I went a little too far I don't think they could fix anything with a clsoed mind...

[michelleobamaok]

11:35 AM on 12/14/2011

The problem is that according to the LGBT agenda, their members are to always play the victim and to put up as many false analogies as possible.

Rick Perry said that gay people can serve in the military, but American children cannot pray in school or celebrate Christimas there.

Why wasn't she direct in staying on point and directly respond to his statement? Because she is staying on point with the agenda talking points of always assuming the victim role and putting up false statements and analogies.

[practiceempathy]

12:00 PM on 12/14/2011

What a stupid comment.

This ad DOES victimize gay Americans.

It demonizes them, suggesting that their being granted their dignity while FIGHTING FOR YOU in Iraq is a travesty.

That ad is a public, intentional humiliation.

You people are unbelievable.

We have politicians calling gays "from Satan" (Bachmann), "godless" (Cain), and now THIS.

No American should have to endure this perpetual demonization.

Get a clue.

[brycecoaching]

04:41 PM on 12/16/2011

Couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you. You have a new fan!

[Donnerskinde]

12:23 PM on 12/14/2011

You mean like christians always playing the martyr. The statement is not factual, children can and do celebrate the holidays in school, it just can't be entrenched endorsement of christmas but an acknowledgement of all the holidays that occur during this season. 2nd lie is about kids being able to pray in school. Kids can pray anywhere they want as long as its not school enforced and disruptive.
So the entire add is based on a false premise, and an attack on gay people.
So stop playing the christian martyr as christianity isn't under attack its just reaping what it has sowed.

[michelleobamaok]

12:57 PM on 12/14/2011

You wish I were a "christian martyr" than you could

refer to your LGBT playbook, which I have a copy of.

[eliasasm]

11:00 AM on 12/14/2011

How disgusting is it that all these gay issues are all about SEX. The righties are obsessed with SEX. All the time, money, and energy WASTED because of SEX. Pathetic and ignorant.

[ethelmertzrules]

11:33 AM on 12/14/2011

It's because they don't have fulfilling sex lives.

[practiceempathy]

12:01 PM on 12/14/2011

It's because they are insufferably superficial and shallow.

Gay PERSON, to them, means "icky sex."

They never see beyond the act.

However, when they meet a straight couple for the first time, presumably, they simply get to know the straight couple.

Shallow, willfully ignorant, and mean of spirit.

[Apple Baek]

10:29 AM on 12/14/2011

Perry, Romney, Newt the whole lot of the current running GOP candidates are not centered enough to run this multicultural country of ours! The President of The United States represents ALL Americans's. Not just conservatives, not just liberals, not just atheist, not just any one group, but everyone! President Obama of course is not perfect, but he seems a whole yard more level than any of these guys!

[mrfairoaks]

10:25 AM on 12/14/2011

Ricky Bobby Perry is a idiot. He can't even rember three things. Pleade Ricky Bobby,go away and for the good of the country.

[michelleobamaok]

11:41 AM on 12/14/2011

Rick Perry may be an idiot, but at least he can stay on point and address his views in a truthful manner.

[Donnerskinde]

12:27 PM on 12/14/2011

Yeah cause the christians haven't been lying to us all along. Rick Perry stays on point regardless of the facts. How did that pray for rain work?

[mrfairoaks]

12:34 PM on 12/14/2011

So can my bird dog ! But I don't think my bird dog or Ricky Bobby Perry should be President.

[obtusegoose]

10:11 AM on 12/14/2011

Rick Perry's position is basically, "How dare gay people think that they have the right to NOT have to lie and pretend that they're straight just to pacify homophobic bigots like myself." Yeah, what nerve of those gay Americans that actually believe that our country represents qualities like tolerance, honor, respect, and liberty. The audacity of those law-abiding taxpaying citizens that are guaranteed equal treatment under the law!

[Bee-otch Wagon]

11:00 AM on 12/14/2011

Pretty sure you hit the nail on Rick Perry's bobble head!

[michelleobamaok]

11:39 AM on 12/14/2011

The problem with the LGBT agenda of telling their members to consistently call other people BIGOTS, is that it becomes more and more identified with the people shouting BIGOT the loudest and greatest.

You are becoming the BIGOT PEOPLE. People who are not interested in gay issues or who simply don't relate to them are being called HOMOPHOBIC. You have to be afraid of something or someone to be phobic.

You people are doing yourselves a disservice, and I am glad of it. Because it shows that you aren't VICTIMS at all, and are just as abrasive, pushy, unjust, and aggressive of any other group in America.

[NinfaUrbana]

12:04 PM on 12/14/2011

If you don't do anything when you see a person being discriminated, you're an ass+ole. NOt an homophobic, just an all arround horrible person.

[Donnerskinde]

12:31 PM on 12/14/2011

People who try to take away our rights and treat us as second class citizens, who arrest us, bully us, and tell us that we are destroying the united states, these people are homophobic and bigots.
Fred phelps and his ilk certainly are not the agressors right, its not like they force thier way into our spaces to protest at our funerals and demean us as people, its not like Rick Perry and conservative ideologues don't pander to these bigots....get a brain and join us in the real world.