On Thursday's edition of Countdown
(now on Current TV), comedian
Janeane Garofalo told host Keith Olbermann that she thinks the debate
on gay marriage is “absurd.”
The 46-year-old Garofalo suggested that
the arguments of opponents are so outlandish that they cannot be
taken seriously.
“It's so absurd that we are even
making it something that needs be debated,” Garofalo said of New
York's ongoing debate on the issue. “There should be no bar to
the human rights that gay people should be partaking of. And to make
it seem like it's an opinion – I don't understand that either. Why
do people who are willfully ignorant about this or just bigoted about
this, why do they get a seat at the table as if it's a legitimate
side to an argument?”
The comedian, actress and writer added
that she's confused as to why President Barack Obama won't endorse
marriage equality, an
issue he skirted once again on Thursday.
“I know Barack Obama is an
intelligent person who would be fully in support of these human
rights,” Garofalo said. “And I don't know what the political
calculation is to pretend that you are not fully on board with that.”