US Presidential hopeful John McCain has taken issue with Ellen DeGeneres' planned wedding to Australian actress Portia De Rossi during a live TV discussion. John McCain meets Ellen DeGeneres (photo: Daily Telegraph) The Republican candidate was politically polite but clashed with the comedienne during his appearance on her talk show when he made his feelings clear about gay marriage. "I just believe in the unique status of marriage between man and woman," McCain, 71, said. "And I know that we have a respectful disagreement on that issue." DeGeneres announced last week on her program that she plans to marry DeRossi, after California's Supreme Court overturned the state's laws which had banned gay marriage. She told McCain that same-sex couples deserved the opportunity to marry. "It just feels like there is this old way of thinking that we are not all the same," she told McCain. "We are all the same people, all of us - you're no different than I am. Our love is the same." The two ended their dialogue on friendly terms: "I, along with many, many others, wish you every happiness," McCain said. This story continues on the link below.