Leave it to the Daily Show to cause mischief but also focus attention on the batshit craziness that plagues the states of Alabama and Mississippi when it comes to spittle flecked homophobia. Alabama today, in my view, is far more extreme that it was 30+ years ago when I lived there. Towleroad describes the mission as follows:
After consulting with Nate Silver about which states will be the last to get gay marriage, The Daily Show's Al Madrigal brought a stunt gay couple to Alabama and Mississippi to see "which one of these backwoods, inbred, homophobic states will swim the longest against the tide of history."
Do yourself a favor and watch the video here. Some might think the video mean spirited, but the truth is that all of us have the option of embracing ignorance and bigotry or rejecting it. With today's Internet and easily accessed information, no one has the excuse to remain ignorant and bigoted.
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