Larry Wilmore: What Should We Expect Next? A President Who Is ‘Gay-Married’?

‘I think many of these things are just the first step in – in the rest of these things’

Larry Wilmore: What Should We Expect Next? A President Who Is ‘Gay-Married’? (NewsBusters)

Liberals have been celebrating since Friday’s Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage with late-night comedy hosts particularly exuberant about the ruling. Comedy Central’s Larry Wilmore was no different. He began his show Monday night by saying, “Let’s get this party started!” while a gay men’s choir decked out in rainbow colors sang behind him. But that wasn’t even the most outrageous part of the program.

Wilmore brought on a panel, which included transgender activist Janet Mock, to discuss the next step after gay marriage. That’s when Wilmore asked the pressing question: “Do you think we’ll ever see a day when we’ll have a gay president who is married? Like, uh, well, ‘gay married’ – is that the right term?”

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