David Letterman on Wednesday ranted
against gay marriage bans as he welcomed MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on his
show.
“I think it has really crossed the
line of being nonsense,” Letterman told Maddow, who is openly gay.
“This ongoing, politically nuanced, religiously nuanced discussion
of gay marriage, gay rights; it is absolute stupidity.”
“Humans have the right to do what
humans do. That's it. End of story. There's no argument. There's
no exceptions. Humans have rights and they get to do what humans get
to do. Case closed. Good night.”
“It's beyond embarrassing, when you
think about it now. Because it's exclusionary based on what?”
Letterman rhetorically asked. “Well, nothing, really, other than
the fear people have generated of who knows what.”
Maddow agreed and added that the issue
is now dividing Republicans.
“I think it is becoming sort of a
wedge issue for Republicans, and Democrats are essentially almost
unanimously in support now,” said Maddow. (The video is embedded
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