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Earlier, I posted the “Gathering Storm” ad Prop 8 supporters ran in California. I mentioned how funny man, Stephen Colbert, created his own parody of the ad. Colbert spends a couple minutes of this clip talking about how some cultures’ traditions are pretty #$&!ed up.

And get this, did you know that in some US states, it is legal for two dudes to get married?

Colbert goes on to talk about the National Organization for Marriage and plays the Gathering Storm ad I shared earlier today. Perhaps my favorite part of Colbert’s response:

I love that ad, it is like watching the 700 Club and the Weather Channel at the same time.

The comedian talks about how he expected this gay marriage thing to be kept to other states, but now this “arma-gay-don” is spreading.

He then shares how he knew he had to do something, and his commercial begins to play. There are some wonderful moments in this video that mock tactics used by Prop 8 supporters, including:

Did you know that if all 50 states approve gay marriage, straight marriage becomes illegal?

Yes, I heard that somewhere.

Another one:

I’m a New Jersey pastor whose church was turned into an Abercrombie and Fitch.

I’ll let you watch and enjoy it for yourself. When the mocked up commercial is over, Colbert comes back and says:

Remember, when the gay community is granted personal freedoms, ours get taken away. How? Shhhhh… Did you see all that lightening?

While it’s a funny parody, it’s still bittersweet to know that Prop 8 passed in California and similar amendments have passed in every state where they’ve been proposed. Minnesotans, it’s time to stand up and land on the right side of history by voting NO this NOvember.