Bill Bennett: Look, it’s a debate about whether you think marriage is between a man and a woman.
Jon Stewart: I disagree, I think it’s a debate about whether you think gay people are part of the human condition or just a random fetish. [via mefi]
Stephen Colbert: John, there’s a simple fact here: marriage is a contract between a man and a woman. An often violated, easily broken, eminently disposable contract. Between a man and a woman. The minute we let gays and female gays…
Jon Stewart: That’s uh, that’s lesbians.
SC: Them. The minute we let them get married, you’re breaking down the last societal barrier between our world and their world.
JS: But, I think that’s the point. I think the point is that when you break down those barriers, that’s a metaphor for something positive.
SC: Look, Jon, the only reason my wife and I got married in the first place was because it was something gays couldn’t do. Our wedding was conceived entirely as a giant homosexual taunt. But now, now the vows I made to my wife seem as shallow and empty as the vows I made to my three previous wives. [ibid.]
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[…] Je vous ai déjà rapidement fait apprécier le talent de Jon Stewart et Stephen Colbert, présentateurs respectifs du Daily Show et du Colbert Report, lors d’un précédent post assez rapide. Le site 1GM m’a permis d’apprécier de plus en plus Colbert. Disons que Stewart est à Mickey/Luke Skywalker ce que Colbert est à Donal/Han Solo : le premier est trop gentil, rendant la rebellitude du second autrement plus appréciable. Ainsi, Stewart fait des critiques amusantes de la politique ricaine (récemment sur la Net Neutrality), tandis que Colbert campe un personnage favorable à tout ce qui est en provenance du gouvernement, mimiquant en cela des éditorialistes ultra-conservateur comme Bill O’Reilly, pour mieux ridiculiser la politique d’icelui. Délectable. […]