Colbert Slams Coke Ad: ‘Since When Are Gays Allowed To Gay Up America The Beautiful?’
var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true};
In his usual sarcastic faux-right wing conservative mode, Stephen Colbert last night slammed Coke for its Super Bowl version of the iconic “America the Beautiful” song. Detailing a litany of right wing whiners furious with the soda behemoth, Colbert mocked former US Congressman Allen West, a Breitbart pundit, and, finally, asked, “For Pete’s sake, since when are gays allowed to gay up ‘America the Beautiful’?”
“I mean, if the woman who wrote the song, Katharine Lee Bates saw this ad, she would be disgusted, and so would have life partner Katharine Coman, with whom she lived for 25 years, in then what was referred to as a ‘Boston Marriage.'”
“Folks, that was not a gay marriage, it was the 19th century. Women could not be lesbians back then. They couldn’t even vote — or as lesbians called it back then, ‘scissoring.'”
Watch:
http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:432753
The Colbert Report
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Video Archive
Enjoy this piece?
… then let us make a small request. The New Civil Rights Movement depends on readers like you to meet our ongoing expenses and continue producing quality progressive journalism. Three Silicon Valley giants consume 70 percent of all online advertising dollars, so we need your help to continue doing what we do.
NCRM is independent. You won’t find mainstream media bias here. From unflinching coverage of religious extremism, to spotlighting efforts to roll back our rights, NCRM continues to speak truth to power. America needs independent voices like NCRM to be sure no one is forgotten.
Every reader contribution, whatever the amount, makes a tremendous difference. Help ensure NCRM remains independent long into the future. Support progressive journalism with a one-time contribution to NCRM, or click here to become a subscriber. Thank you. Click here to donate by check.