Late Night TV and Chick-Fil-A

I had very high expectations from Zach Galifianakis' and Will Ferrell's appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. PLUS, the gorgeous John Hamm unexpectedly became part of the segment. I mean, doesn't it sound like a pee-your-pants barrel of laughs, with a bonus hunky sidenote?

OHHH YES!

But no.

The whole thing fell flat and was rife with awkward moments. I love those guys, but can we just forget it ever happened and start over? It's shocking that the comedian on Letterman (they're notoriously blah) was better than that group.

Watch the Lady Gaga part at 37:30:

The Late Show- July 26, 2012

"Stefani! You've got barbed wire on your head? We've got an open house! Is that cat food glued to your face?" Ahahahaaa!

On the Chick-Fil-A hoo-ha (run now, save yourself)...

I support gay rights, gay marriage, etc. I completely disagree with the guy's opinion.

Many have said that it's his personal opinion, so people shouldn't take it out on his company. Well, he was speaking on behalf of his company (he otherwise has no public relevance or significance), so it should reflect on his company. Yes, it's his personal opinion, but he makes public statements only as the owner of that company. It was an extremely unwise decision, and I see that Chick-Fil-A has now said, "Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena."

Exactly.

As soon as you feel you are so important that you should take a public stance on something, you need to consider the backlash.

On the other hand, we all know that Chick-Fil-A is a conservative Christian business, because they've put that front and center. It's always Sunday when you say, "Ooh. Chick-Fil-A sounds... Damn! It's Sunday." So it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that he feels that way. If it is, you've been kidding yourself while you ate those waffle fries all these years.

Which brings me to the real crux of this thing- religious opposition to gay marriage. Is it OK that a person believes that gay marriage, premarital sex, abortion, dancing, or anything else is wrong, because their religion has said so for thousands of years? I would like to think people have that freedom. And we are all free to disagree.

It's complicated though. Religion and government are unfortunately mired together on some of these visceral issues. Laws apply to everyone, but not everyone agrees. I almost always believe the law should be more liberal, if it isn't infringing on the rights of another person. If you don't support gay marriage, don't go to a gay wedding. Just because abortion is legal doesn't mean you have to have one yourself.

Wow. I somehow managed to drag abortion into this post. And dancing. I'm nothing if not the queen of controversy. For the record, I'm still very much looking forward to seeing The Campaign!

Have a wonderful Friday!