Are Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi ready to start a family?

Ellen DeGeneres, 50, and Portia de Rossi, 35, tied the knot on Saturday with a lovely, low-key wedding at their Los Angeles home. See the official wedding photo HERE.

Now will they start a family?

Portia told People that having kids is  something she and Ellen talk about "every few months" but that it's probably not in their "immediate future."

DeGeneres recognizes that it is not something to take lightly. "It's a lot of work and we recognize that... but we know how much that adds to" life.

"If they [the kids] would be as pretty as Brad and Angelina's kids, we might," she joked.

What do you think? Should Ellen and Portia have kids?  Should they try to have their own?

In which case, I'm guessing Portia would be the baby mama.

Or should they follow in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's footsteps and adopt children?

Or maybe you don't think they should have gotten married or should now raise a family together?

I'm picking up from some of the reader comments about their wedding that a few of you have some ... reservations... about gay marriage and gays raising children?

Speak up and out.

Photos: WireImage

Comments

[Scott]

Just a minor correction.

BOTH women would be the "baby mama".

Portia would probably be the birth mother.

[Hannah Lance]

Gays have every right to marry and raise children. Their happiness does not threaten anyone else's. This country needs to wake up and realize the perfect white picket fence, with Mom and Dad, two kids and a dog is a myth. This country needs to grow up.

[Steph]

I believe that people should be able to live their lives the way that feels natural and loving to them, as long as they're not hurting anybody I don't see what the problem is with so many people having 'reservations' about gay marriage, let alone, a couple wanting to have kids together. When I told my parents that I was gay and that I was in love with someone, they were absolutely not supportive at all, and that hurt because I was very close to my family, but the issue brought up was that they were sad that they would never have the chance to be grandparents. I asked them why that was an issue, just because I'm gay doesn't make me infertile. My dad told me that it was an 'unnatural' to have children in that way. I told him, 'what way is that, in a loving and compassionate home with 2 parents? How does it make us any different than a straight couple who have to be artificially inseminated to be able to have a family?' Honestly, I don't see what the problem is, I understand the religious side of things, being a christian myself, but it's not anybody's place to judge but God. Nobody else has a heaven or a hell to put me in besides Him.

[Jackal]

Gays should not raise children. Gays have a taste for diviant sex, and will likely molest their children.

[karen]

i like ellen as a comedian, but i personally think that homosexuality is wrong.

[morality]

Who cares if God says he does not want intimate same sex relationships. We can do what we want becasue after all it's "love". Besides God is just so yesterday. There will be no judgement.

[Clover]

Jackal, not only are you ignorant, but you can't spell. YOU are what is wrong with this country, not Ellen and Portia. They are a lovely couple who could provide a wonderful life for a child,

[Rich]

No one can (in good conscience) dispute the fact that the BEST environment for a child is a home with a loving, sane and stable mother and father. Mothers and fathers bring different aspects of parenting and psychology to the table, and both are needed by a child as he or she develops. Again, this is the BEST thing for a child -- there is no good argument against this fact. The question then becomes, "why would anyone ever want to bring a child into a situation that is not the best for the child?" Answer: selfishness. Being gay is not the issue. The issue is what is best for the child, not the parents.

[BDPproductions]

I love Ellen and Portia! I could not be any happier for them or any other gay couples married in California. I think it is sad that a law ever had to be changed to allow people to marry the one they truly love.

[The Great Rhondini]

Jackal, any sort of scientific backup for such a ridiculous claim?

Back to the topic, I hope that they adopt so some children get the loving parents they need instead of adding to an already bursting population.

[The Great Rhondini]

Karen, how exactly is someone loving another person in a way that doesn't affect you or anyone else in any negative way a MORAL issue? I see it's a dogmatic issue, but refer to the old, yet classic, "Dear Dr. Laura" in regard to that:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/drlaura.asp

[dgrimes]

I think they would make great parents I have seen so many babies no one wanted go to a same sex couple when otherwise they would not have had parents I do not understand being gay but I was also taught not to judge others

[Mike]

Rich -- so if a gay couple wants to adopt a child that was conceived outside of a "home with a loving, sane and stable mother and father" what should we do? Is an orphanage or foster care better than a gay couple who want to raise a kid? They have to go somewhere and I think having two mommies is better than an abortion or being a product of the system.
I would hope that same-sex families would not only choose carefully when considering adoption having a surrogate and that they would actively seek out role models of the opposite sex for their child(ren) to learn from. Teachers, mentors, etc. Being a kid is complicated as it is but gay couples, who are often able to better provide for their families and live in tight-knit communities, are usually educated enough to know that their situation is special and needs extra care.
And enough with the molesting children and deviant sex crap. That deviant sex that a lot of gay people have is something your wife would appreciate from you now-and-again my friend.

[Dee Vanderbeek]

People need to get over it and accept that a large % of Americans are OK with alternative relationships. Most of us girls are a little bisexual, and that's OK. Sex and love are good, and we're lucky to have it! For those of you interested in classy, sexy stories about bisexual women you might want to read about this Ivy League couple who bought a strip club in the caribbean. www.caribbeanstripclub.com

[Nomadic]

Looking from Europe the USA still seems quite backward as far as gay rights are concerned so it’s good that at least some U.S. celebrities are standing up and being counted . Shame the rest don’t, if they did I think Middle America would have a heart attack.
That said, I am personally not sure why gay people would want to get married, it seems so old fashioned, why adopt straight ideals for relationships? It’s good to be different. As for gay parents I agree that a male and female parent would be the ideal but that doesn't mean other family situations cannot work. My friend was brought up by his mother and sister and he is very grounded and stable.

[Bob Jones]

Personally I think being gay is wrong but who am I to judge. I do wrong things myself but I keep them to myself.

I think that being gay is not something to be promoted with parades. It is a vice.

I don't see a problem with two gay people spending their lives together. I believe that they can love each other. So why isn't that enough? Why must they change the laws? No one is stopping them from living their entire lives together.

Before it was "equal rights for gays". and it was given. Now it is "gays should be married". What is next? Should you be able to marry your brother and have multiple vives?

People need to learn that the work can't bend to their will. You are the minority so deal with it.

[Bob Jones]

Personally I think being gay is wrong but who am I to judge. I do wrong things myself but I keep them to myself.

I think that being gay is not something to be promoted with parades. It is a vice.

I don't see a problem with two gay people spending their lives together. I believe that they can love each other. So why isn't that enough? Why must they change the laws? No one is stopping them from living their entire lives together.

Before it was "equal rights for gays". and it was given. Now it is "gays should be married". What is next? Should you be able to marry your brother and have multiple wives?

People need to learn that the world can't bend to their will. You are the minority so deal with it.

[hillary]

one mom on pms, one mom in menopause, no dad....how they gonna do dis, pleeze to know?

[s]

It saddens me to see that there is still so much bigotry and ignorance in the world. Ellen and Portia deserve to have as much happiness -which includes marriage and children for some - as anyone else. As to when and if they have children and how, that is nobody's business but their own. Finally, to the clearly uneducated person who said that "Gays have a taste for diviant sex, and will likely molest their children." you need to do some research (and you spelled deviant wrong). ALL evidence points to the fact that almost all children who are molested have been molested by heterosexuals. Sure there are some who've been molested by gay people, but they are in the minority. I feel sorry for you because you likely just accept the baloney the fundamentalist right feeds you. We all need to learn to think more critically. Congratulations Ellen and Portia! To everyone else: Don't forget to vote- especially in California where this issue will be on the ballot.

[B]

As frequently as you see broken households from heterosexual families, there is no reason at all a loving couple regardless of sex should not raise a family. Too many marry for the wrong reasons, have unwanted children for the wrong reasons. These are people who you know will provide for their children much better than many others. Their kids will be blessed.

[nadine and chelo]

Congratulations to you both. We wish you all the best, you deserve to be happy. Don't ever doubt it. We wish you much happiness from Merida, Venezula.

[Alexis]

"Jackal" YOU IGNORANT B---H. I'm not one to leave comments on blogs like this, but after reading what you just stated I had to respond. If you're not kidding you have to be mentally retarded. Anyone that can say something so ignorant must have some sort of learning disability. Maybe you're inbred. Who knows, it's so sad that someone can actually say something SO stupid. I ALMOST feel sorry for you for being such an idiot.

If you HONESTLY feel that way about gays and lesbians why are you looking at their pictures. This goes for anyone who is against it.

[volunteer]

How many people really care if they want to start a family????????

Can't you find more interesting info to print???

[SetFree]

Why is it that when someone opposes homosexuality or lesbianism that they are called haters or bigots. I believe the word of God is true,love the sinner ,hate the sin .I can separate the two, because I realize that we are not what we do. I once lived a lesbian lifestyle for over 20 years,so I think I have first hand knowledge of what it's like . I also realize that because I did not create myself that I needed to find out what my purpose is.Why was I created? I began to read the creators manual(Bible) and I knew that if this book had been written by man, the statues would have been a lot less stringent. Ellen and Portia I have nothing against you as people, but I must tell you God's Truth(which you can read for yourselves) GOD LOVES YOU BOTH, HE really does, but you were not created for one another, listen, I understand what it's like loving another woman, in every sense of the word,no matter how right it "feels" God says it's wrong, and since HE created me and not I myself,I can't tell Him what my purpose is. Try telling a car it was created to fly........all I ask is that you receive everything I have said here in the manner in which it is ment and that is genuine love, God's Love.

[Lucia]

I think Ellen and Portia would make great parents. As long as thats what they want to do. I could see them adopting or maybe assisting underprivilaged children by providing them with things they may need. Congratulations to you both!!