Video: Colbert explains why Mormons ‘nailed-em’ for kiss
Qnews Nov 04 09
As only he can, Stephen Colbert, gives the Report treatment to the July detention by Mormon church security guards of a gay couple, Derek Jones and Matt Aune, who were charged with “criminal trespass” after they shared a kiss on the cheek while they walked through a generally public plaza in Salt Lake City which is owned by the church.
With videos to demonstrate clearly what the guards might have been thinking when they spotted Jones and Aune on their security cams, Colbert tells the couple, “You were on their property and you made it hard when they tried to get you off.”
No, Colbert explains, they weren’t arrested for being gay. Full story...
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