what's the hurry, gays? [laughter] the problem is -- the problem is, these days gays are everywhere. 57% of amercans now say that they have a family member or close friend who is gay. up 12% since 2007. and that takes its toll. for example, ohio republican and republican from ohio rob portman. >> conservative republican senator rob portman, who has opposed gay marriage in the past, stunned washington by saying he now favors it. his reason, his son had told him he was gay. >> stephen: he changed his mind because he has a gay son which is not just wrong but it's undemocratic. because his other two children are straight. what happened to majority rule? [laughter] [cheers and applause] portman's just the latest victim of the long gay con. here's how the scam works. first, a gay person decides to get born into a conservative family, gains their trust by letting them love and raise them, and then 21 short years later-- boom!-- they spring the gay trap. [laughter] that's what happened to dick cheney. his daughter m

some of our fellow citizens are gay. when i say that relationships "are good for people," not just because they make people happy, although, that's an important part of it. we all want to live happily ever after as it were, but there's something about having someone to come home to at night, wake up with in the morning, share joys and sorrows with, be committed to, and make sacrifices for, the reason relationships are good for people is they make us better people. i'm a better person because of my, you know, ten-year plus relationship with my partner, mark. when i say "marriage is good for relationships," that's because commitment is good for relationships, but, also, marriage ties us into the larger community in a certain way. marriage ties us into our families in a certain way. my parents regard mark as their son-in-law, and that's important to sort of sustaining the family life that we have. some of our fellow citizens are gay. we can talk more about that, but i think one of the republicans we see a shift over the las

i'm black and i'm gay." >> stephen: that's right. he came out as black and gay. even more shocking he came out as a player for the washington wizards. you've got to wonder how his parents took it. folks, this is my worst sports nightmare. i knew once we allowed major league soccer, it would turn all the other sports gay. and now that it's possible that a pro athlete could be gay, how can i relate to them? suddenly it's like a seven foot tall world class athlete and i have nothing in common. now, when i hoop it up with my basket-bros, i can't use expressions like "take it to the hole" or "jamming the rim" or "hey, let's touch each other's penises." which of course is just street slang for setting a pick. the point is gay sports do not make any sense just like gay marriage doesn't make any sense. because marriage is for making babies. and so is basketball. just ask the thousands of wilt chamberlain's children. i mean the whole game is a metaphor for pro-creation. the ball is the sperm. the hoop is the egg. and the shot clock is her ovulation cycle. fellows, that's

everybody now knows someone gay. when you talk about this issue a face comes up or a relationship comes up. and you're just not willing to believe the awful thins said about us. >> stephen: i hope you haven't thought i said any awful things about you tonight other than you're part of a heretical religion that will get you sent to hell, but that's just in my manual. >> and proud of it. >> stephen: okay. well, thank you, bishop. thank you so much for joining me. reserve gene robinson. the book is "god believes in love." úzw#nzku captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: that's if for the respect, everybody. before we go, i would like to welcome a new member of the colbert nation, sawyer matheson, the baby son of one of my

everybody now knows someone gay. when you talk about this issue a face comes up or a relationship comes up. and you're just not willing to believe the awful thins said about us. >> stephen: i hope you haven't thought i said any awful things about you tonight other than you're part of a heretical religion that will get you sent to hell, but that's just in my manual. >> and proud of it. >> stephen: okay. well, thank you, bishop. thank you so much for joining me. reserve gene robinson. the book is "god believes in love." "ds,x

just gay do it. >> caller: yeah, just gay do it. >> just gay do it?ve some love music, please. [♪ romantic music ♪] >> stephanie: what perfect timing -- we have some nay sayers about jason collins, right? thank god that every straight couple is completely normal. for instance, a man lived with decomposing corpse before authority authorities found the body. >> were they married? noo >> stephanie: yes. >> oh, he didn't want to part with her but still, smelly. >> stephanie: gawk. he was arrested after letting officers into the trailer in longs mobile home -- >> do you think someone might have noticed the smell. >> stephanie: the officer noticed a pungent smell of decay. the corpse was partially dried out. he told the officer the woman was called ann markey. and that he did not kill her. preliminary results from the autopsy indicated she died of natural causes. toxicology results are pending. [ applause ] >> stephanie: so there is that. >> i'm not going to say anything about gene schmidt. >> stephanie: do i have a right to feel oogy about that? >> no, you

everybody knows i have gay friends. i have gay friends who are married. i'm for gay marriage.t being said. can i get a day off from gay? is that possible? can i just get a day off? my gay friends don't talk about gay as much as straight white guys who have never been [bleep] talk about gay. >> bill: we have to bleep that and that's fine. >> not the whole thing? >> bill: no, just the one reference. >> sorry, billy. >> bill: okay. in worse shape than california financially is greece. are bankrupt, you know, introduce is angry. i mean, there is all kinds of bad stuff happening in greece. so, now, the solution to the greek budget problem is they want germany to pay reparations for world war ii, miller, and you say? good luck marker. they rotate out. germany makes a really great sports car one generation an entire race of people. makes a great sports car, croaks an entire race of people. you don't want to be greece cats from world war ii. two big gun turrets coming out of mountain. what's greece going to do? how are they going to come and collect it? their cam can't greece is here.

>> gay! >> jimmy: take it easy. >> gay couple. >> gay couple. >> which one of you is more gay? >> jimmy: and one more. . >> are you a lesbian couple or straight friends? >> straight friends. >> jimmy: lesbian or straight? we again are mixed. let's find out. >> we're sisters actually. >> yeah, sisters. >> scissor sisters? >> jimmy: just regular sisters. but it's hard to tell at this point. there are a lot of videos online now of people saying crazy stuff while under the influence of painkillers. but every once in a while, one really breaks through. this one stars a 19-year-old girl named abby. she's a sof fore at oklahoma christian university. while abby was home from spring break, she had her wisdom teeth removed. here's this delightful video. [ crying ] i just want to feel right in my mouth. it's my own will. i love you from this moment on. >> it's okay. >> but they're dead. >> you'll be all right. >> they were just trying to help me and i didn't accept them. i deserve the pain. >> no, no, no. >> jimmy: there's more to the video, and it gets better, bl e believe it or not. we'

i hate the gays.>> caller: hi, i called to complain about the fact that i have heard so many people say that people my age -- i'll be 68 -- are -- were given their inability not to make slurs ethnic slurs because of their age group. they throw us in with the republicans i guess. like the man that made the wetback comment. i work in the fields here in bakers field when i was younger to make money because i was a single parent and i did that on the weekends to earn lunch money for my kids. because my other job i just didn't make enough. and i never made a slur like that. i don't know why these people make those slurs. >> stephanie: you are absolutely right, there are young bigots and old bigots and it has nothing to do with age. >> caller: no. it has nothing to do with age. i remember when president obama was running for president, and the man said i'm not prejudice, i would just vote for a black man. >> stephanie: you know whenever someone starts a sentence with i'm not prejudice, you know it is not go

marriage he said "i'm not gay. i'm not going to marry one." >> jon: i didn't realize you could soanl support it if you were going to marry who you are like. i wish him luck finding a (bleep) to marry. >> another big voice endorsed gay marriage. former secretary of state hillary clinton. >> jon: hillary clinton. didn't she do that 20 years ago? is there any else you are in favor of you are stul mulling over. hillary clinton as changed her mind. albanians should be allowed to drive. [laughter] sax by chambliss may not get what it's like to be exclude but i'm guessing hillary clinton has faced her share of discrimination. how did it take to long and how is this guy not there? >> just because i believe states should have the right to define marriage in a traditional way does not make me a bigot. >> jon: okay. first of all. um, is there a time when this guy doesn't appear to be desperately thirsty? i feel like he must have a prespeech ritual where he lick priscutto. he has a made. believing it should be left to the stat

>> caller: my sister gay.you just object to the word. >> caller: it's just a word, and why do we have to fight over a word? >> stephanie: let's change the word cabbage and you can have your cabbage and i'll have mine then. >> caller: but why do you feel like you have to force yourself into -- >> stephanie: oh my god. >> never mind. >> stephanie: all right. fifty-eight minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: all right. welcome back to bible talk. if anyone would like to call back with a much longer baseball verse to read that would be spectacular. and this hour, jacki schechner coming up charlie pierce of esquire.com, and next hour michael mcdonald. >> if i could remember my [ inaudible ] i would recite that for you. >> stephanie: let's have a brief sader before we get to news. >> maybe elijah will finally show up. [♪ magic wand ♪] >> stephanie: okay. in the meantime jacki schechner in the current news news -- [ inaudible ]. >> good morning, everybody

> i'm actually not doing that. >> gay friends, gay family members as i do. don't simply do that. >> bill: i didn't say you did it. >> this really isn't my issue. and not your issue. you said that before it's not really your issue. you don't focus on it. >> bill: you are criticizing my that setly for using the word "thump the bible." which was an accurate description. >> i don't think it helped. >> bill: i'm not in business to help. i'm in business to get things done. if you want to win the debate. >> do you think it was helpful to say that? >> bill: helpful? it was accurate and honest. you will lose the debate if that's all you do. you can't win it. >> i think that for some people it's not about winning the debate. it's about living the life that they want to live for themselves, their communities and their families. >> bill: that's fine. >> i'm not saying that you are out there trying to insult people. all i'm saying is that some people took offense, obviously, and maybe it's just, you know, a good thing to talk about it keep talk about it inspects not a ba

that, you know, that gays are no -- there are gay jerks. but they don't abound in any greater numbers on average than you'll find in the so-called straight community. if gays are jerks it is because they're human, not because they're gay. phil donahue, 16 years catholic education, slow learner came along and finally got it. and i'm very proud to say that i got the first glad award gay and lesbian alliance against defamation. it was in the time life hospitality suite. 16 people there. i got my picture taken. and glad asked me back for the 25th anniversary. of their founding. and i walked into the ballroom. marriott ballroom. wall to wall tables, not an empty seat. fortune 500 logos on the wall. general electric,. >> bill:, american airlines, all over. the red carpet with the photographers had more people on it than there were so you ask me what i think about this revolution? i've been very, very lucky to have a front row seat to it and it has been a great ride. >> john: before we go, i'll ask a simple one, it might not be a simple question b

and he has the expertise of being gay. dave we'll start with you in a second, but i want to bring chris moody in. appreciate it. now dave, let me start with you. so,-- >> why are you starting with him? >> it's not a big deal. >> i get the gay card so rarely. >> cenk: right. we'll get to you in a second. so dave, how big of a deal is this? >> this is absolutely huge. fabulous to coin a gay phrase. this is huge. this is what everybody has been waiting for. everybody has been saying when is a the athlete coming? when is it happening? it happened. the whole nba has backed him. the whole sports world has backed him. the one guy who is it against him is espn chris brussard. it will trickle over in the next few months and then everyone forget which is what gay people want. >> cenk: equality, stand up for it. i want to go to chris brusard. he is an espn analyst: let's watch that. >> what about gay guys. many approach you. >> i don't do the gay guys. >> many on the 49ers. >> cenk: artie lange who also didn't like gay people. >> in

when governments say gays and lesbians cannot get married because they are gay or because they are lesbian are sending a message to everybody else that says we the government don't think these people are okay. we don't think these people are like us. we don't think these people are good enough to enjoy the fundamental right of a marriage. and that not only is terribly harmful in itself to gay and lesbian couples and to the children they're raising. it's terribly harmful because it formates additional social discrimination because of the message it sends. >> charlie: is that the legal basis on which you made the argument of prop 8. >> that's the argument. going back to the the statute. the question is whether there is an implementing provision in the 14th amendment that gives congress the power to implement it, and the question is whether that statute would be within the implementing power granted congress under the 14th amendment. >> charlie: do you think so or not? >> i think probably but i think that's an interesting question. i think that there's no question that the courts have an obli

are and where gay people are.e are who we are, and if there's no openly gay people in whatever environment you're talking about, that doesn't mean there's no gay people. i think what this comes down to is who straight people are. this isn't about whether jason collins or other athletes who happen to be gay are pansies, it's about whether heterosexual men, if they're afraid of gay men, if they're jumping up on chairs and shrieking and too terrified to shower in the same conditions that marines and sailors and airmen and everyone shower in. that's the irony here. this isn't about who gay people are, this is about who straight people are. and are straight people better than they've been built? are straight people less bigoted than they've convinced themselves they are? as we saw in the military after the repeal and a lot of lgbt soldiers came out and it was a nonissue and they were accepted by their peers that they were serving with and i think we're going to see the same thing in elite pro male sports. because strai

>> is there one gay golfer? a male gay golfer? is there one? >> it is not that they are less gay.just haven't felt they can come out yet. >> there are no male gay golfers. >> and no gay football player is that what you are say ?g. >> no, they researched it and there are zero gay golfers. >> how dowry search that? >> maybe they didn't find them attractive. >> bill, you have plenty of gay homies are on gomies and how do they feel about snoop's comment? >> not happy. why are you speaking as if you are not part of the group. snoop lion is the gayest rap name in the history of rap. snoop lion, you don't think, oh i'm scared of that. >> rar, i like to snoop, i like to gossip. hi, snoop lion and you are -- >> you are intolerable. you should go under a car. what was that? we have to take a break. when we come back we will talk about something, something to death. oh look at that. what could that be? that's a book cod -- called" the joy of hate." look at that face. go to amazon.com and order it. you should order it if you don't have it. to get an autographed copy go to g gutfeld.com. i am

there are plenty of gay people in america. you have to figure some of them are playing sports. >> while reaction has been mostly positive, even prompting a phone call from president obama saying he was impressed by collins courage, chris brassard drew fire for these comments on outside the lines. >> i believe that is walking in open rebellion to god and to jesus christ. >> espn later apologized calling his comments a distraction. collins revealed his number, 98, is an out spoken sign of solidarity with the gay community. the year matt shepherd was killed in a gay hate crime. shepherd's mother, judy, said that news made her cry. she was honored >>> turning to the boss tom marathon and bombing investigation. fbi agents visited tamerlan tsarnaev's widow and collected a dna sample to compare it to female dna found on one of the bomb fragments used in the marathon attack. that dna could have come from anyone >>> monday, surviving suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev has a high-profile addition to his legal team. judy clark has successfully n

especially gay marriage. you used to.laughter] >> if you ok gay marriage, then you have to do plural marriage. you would let everybody get married who want to get married. you want to marry a turtle, you can. anybody could have gotten married. you could have married a duck. and 10 years, this is gonna be a totally different country than it is right now. laws that you think are in stone -- they're gonna evaporate, man. you'll be able to marry a goat. you mark my words! >> stephen: i did mark your words! i recorded them. [laughter] and bill has very strong feelings about other peoples opinions of gay marriage. this is what he said about clinton signing the defense of marriage act in '96 but coming out in favor of gay marriage now. >> when he signed it, it wasn't a big deal. now it's a big deal. he changes. you know, i'm sorry. bill clinton -- you're a phony, bill clinton. you're a phony. >> stephen: yeah, what a phony. but bill o'reilly's no phony, and that's what's shaken me to my core. [laughter] 'cuz if bill o'reilly is

more americans now support gay marriage than believe in evolution.o what would it take for republicans to change their mind? >> republican senator mark kirk of illinois says he now supports same sex marriage saying, quote, our time on this earth is limited. i know that better than most. >> senator kirk referring to his amazing recovery from a stroke. >> jon: it would take a catastrophic brain injury. is there a gentler means of persuasion that doesn't include cerebral clotting >> portman learns his son is gay. >> jon: senator portman learned his other son derek is female. now senator portman supports equal pay for women. of course, having a family member who is gay is not going to work on everybody. >> arizona congressman matt salmon said the fact that his son is gay does not change his view of same sex marriage >> i don't support the gay marriage as far as believing in my heart that we should change 2,000 years of social policy in favor of a redefinition of the family. i'm not there. >> jon: he certainly earned the mug that he got this year for chri

that being said, i love gay people. there should be more gay people. our society would be better if we had a bunch of gay people. >> bill: wait, wait, wait. there should be more gay people? okay. >> yes, we can subsidize them. >> bill: why should there be more gay people? live in los angeles, gay part of town. santa monica boulevard. speaking of cruising i will be there tonight. santa monica boulevard and western boulevard is western -- looks like beirut. when you go a couple miles to the south and you get to the gay part of santa monica boulevard it looks like channingrala meets seattle. no more gum on the ground, it's beautiful. >> bill: in a predominantly gay neighborhoods there is order and law abiding people and they have a minimum of chaos. that's where you are coming from. okay. i get it? >> how many -- how many gay guys are in prison? i mean or enter gay? i know once you get there. >> bill: i don't know if we have any reliable statistics on it. >> bill: i assume most people are heterosexuals. >> they don't have a bunch of kids crapping up the s

he came out as black and gay.ven more shocking, he came out as a player for the washington wizards. you've got to wonder how his parents took it. >> see, i told you, it's not a real team. in one day, jason collins has gone from marginal nba player to household name. he told gma this morning that he is the happiest he's ever been after coming out of the closet and starting to live his truth. >> you always knew you were gay? >> yeah. i sort of describe it as you know that the sky is blue but you keep telling yourself that it's red. >> so you fought it. >> yes, in the beginning. i think they call it like the 12 steps. you can through anger, denial, and it is just, when you finally get to that point of acceptance, there's nothing more beautiful. >> collins is the first openly gay unretired team sports athlete in american history. and many players have been supportive. kobe bryant tweeted, proud of jason collins. don't suffocate who you are because of the ignorance of others. hash tag courage, if collins returned to th

i am black and i am gay. collins is the first gay athlete currently playing on one of the top four u.s. major league sports to come out. in an essay in "sports illustrated" magazine he writes how he kept it a secret for decades, even getting engaged at one point. he answers the question why now. he has simply been tired of living a lie. with u.s. supreme court debating the issue of gay marriage she says it was time to come forth. i wish i was not the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying i'm different. if i had my way someone else would have already done this. nobody has, which is why i am raising my hand. collins' agent approached "sports illustrated" about publishing a story. >> no doubt there will be others. how many i could not say. would not be surprised at all before the end of the calendar year we see several athletes come out because even before we heard about the possibility of speaking with him, we knew this day was coming. >> he is a free agent and has been playing with the washington wi

about gay teachers, i don't care about gay teachers. don't ask a teacher if they're gay or straight. i want to know if they're good teachers. >> but you do care about it. you do care about it. >> no, i do care about it -- >> wait, wait, wait. let me repeat what you said. you said ultimately it's about changing the culture of the country, it will inevitably lead to teaching our school kids that gay marriage is a perfectly fine alternative. why shouldn't they be taught that gay marriage is a perfectly fine alternative? >> i don't think it's a perfectly fine alternative. >> all right. >> i don't think we should be, in fact, teaching about marriage in the school room where our kids can't read, can't write, and sure as heck can't add. >> did you see it as a crime against nature? >> hmmm? >> same-sex marriage. is it a crime against nature? >> i'm not going to get into if it's a crime against nature, whatever. >> you know why i'm asking that. >> my mother, jane wiman, gave rock hudson his first job in hollywood. so i'm very familiar with the g

one is gay. honestly believe he did not come out until he was unable scout because he knew he would not be afforded the opportunity to receive that achievement. i do not think boy scouts have anything to do with your sexuality. it is an organization that teaches young men how to be active in their community, to be grown-up leaders. i think it is a shame that once they reach a stage in their life where they can be leaders, then they are shunned and ousted from it. i think it is sad. i don't think we should judge people on their orientation. has nothing to do with scouting. host: thank you for the call. next caller from asheville, north carolina. good morning. i wanted to chime in on this. i have been a boy scouts cents -- from age 11 to age 18. this is a really touchy suspect. -- subject. they're forced to admit people who are not of their charter when they first started, boy scouts are supposedly reverent. agree with what they want to twist it to be then you are intolerant. our generation is gett

today, 49% support gay marriage. 44% do not. pugh says this is the largest public opinion shift on any issue in the last 10 years. president obama is a recent convert. >> obviously public opinion has shifted dramatically just over the last several years. my hope is we will come to a place where everybody is treated fairly. >> this week, on the same day the supreme court heard oral arguments on the federal defense of marriage act, north carolina senator kay hagan became the 49th senator to come out in support of gay marriage despite the fact that voters in her district came out against it. first, mark, i would like to why why you would think -- you think public opinion on this issue has shifted so dramatically. >> i think the key question is do you know, work with or have a relative who is gay? that number is a direct link to how people feel about same-sex marriage. the more likely they are to know, have a relative, have a good friend, work with somebody who is gay or lesbian, the more welcome and excepting they are, and understa

how the fight for gay marriage has changed from the culture in which gay men live internally. the debate about what it would be is somewhat theoretical, but it strikes me that the prominence of game marriage and a gay-rights agenda has raised man like yourself who are, you know, fairly traditional in your view of your relationships within the context to much more prominent levels anywhere within , it up, your own community. how has that played out? >> if i understand the question this sounds like more of the mainstream. >> the backlash culture, something to him about that personally. and we were a yelled at the same time, overlapping. and the cultural timeframe. i just, it's something that has occurred to me. even if it is -- i don't know how the proportion of gay men prefer to be in a marriage like relationship, whether they want to make illegal or not. >> one of the reasons this has caught on so much in terms of as a movement is because we recognize that people are doing this. amen and lesbians are pairing off unsettling down and having domestic lives together. so whereas gi

-- okay for me to be out and gay. >> reporter: she works with gays and lesbians youth. she says a third say they attempted suicide but jason collins can become a role model. >> you can be whoever you want to be and be gay. >> reporter: jason collins' coming out receives applause. >> for young people coming up who aspire to be like athletes it is tremendous. >> what jason is doing and i hope it will open the door for many others and i am very proud of him. >> reporter: many people say they expect other athletes to start coming out. reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> students and lawmakers celebrated today's news about jason collins at a rally for gays and lesbians rights in school. >> dozens of teens gathered in support of a bill that allows gender identity to determine which activity they participate in. the teens and adults there say jason collins' announcement is a huge step forward for the gays and lesbians community. >>> organizers of bay to breakers announce security will be beefed up and back pans will be -- back pack will be banne

. >> in paris, overnight protests against gay marriage turn violent. riot police faced off against demonstrators unhappy about parliament's approval of a bill that also gives gay couples adoption rights. antisocialist dominated national assembly to ratify the bill by a wide margin, but right-wing lawmakers say they are not giving in and have filed a challenge with the constitutional court to repeal same-sex adoption. >> tensions remain high in france. many opponents of same-sex marriage are angry that lesbians and gay men will be allowed to tie the knot. >> this lot in dangerous society because it affects the family. that is the nucleus of our society. changing this endangers the entire state. tolerance does not mean you can do what ever you want to do. >> the government could not disagree more. president francois hollande announced he had fulfilled a key campaign promise. he said this reform was not taking anything away from anyone and that the french people should be happy at the nation's achievement. >> i am sure they will be proud in the coming day