Carrying on the media’s continued effort to poke at Christians, Conan O’Brien cracked a joke suggesting that evangelicals’ supposed intolerance of gay people may be coming to an end: “Across the country, some evangelical groups are starting to take a second look at the Bible’s stance on gay people. Yeah, they're taking a second look at it. They're noting that if you count Joseph and God, Jesus had two daddies.”
The joke may have been light-hearted, but the assumption from Conan – and most of the liberal media – that evangelicals need to take a “second look at the Bible’s stance on gay people” hints that they believe something is wrong with how evangelicals view gay people now. This bias is hardly surprising from Conan; the comedian officiated a gay wedding on his program just a few years ago.
Conan also took a shot at Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum for an uninspiring turnout at a campaign event:
Yesterday in Iowa – this is depressing – yesterday in Iowa just four supporters, just four, showed up to eat lunch with Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Just four. Yeah. It's always a bad sign when your entire voter base can fit in a deli booth. That's not good. You’re literally (pretends to eat).
On a positive note, the late-night comedian hit Bill Clinton in response to Senator Lindsey Graham’s comments that he will have a ‘rotating First Lady’ if elected president:
If he's elected president, if he’s elected president, the unmarried senator Lindsay Graham said, quote, we'll have a rotating first lady. Yeah, yeah. That's what he said. When asked for comment, Bill Clinton said, been there done that.
Conan's shot at evangelical Christianity is hardly unexpected. Give the liberal media -- comedy or otherwise -- an opportunity and they will happily go after people of faith.
The relevant transcript is below.
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Conan
June 9, 201511:04 p.m. Eastern
CONAN O'BRIEN: Yesterday in Iowa – this is depressing – yesterday in Iowa just four supporters, just four, showed up to eat lunch with Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Just four. Yeah. It's always a bad sign when your entire voter base can fit in a deli booth. That's not good. You’re literally (pretends to eat).
It's interesting. If he's elected president, if he’s elected president, the unmarried senator Lindsay Graham said, quote, we'll have a rotating first lady. Yeah, yeah. That's what he said. When asked for comment, Bill Clinton said, "been there done that." Across the country – I don't know why Bill Clinton is doing this (makes gesture with fingers). Across the country, some evangelical groups are starting to take a second look at the Bible stance on gay people. Yeah, they're taking a second look at it. They're noting that if you count Joseph and God, Jesus had two daddies.
