Send in the clown! The Saturday Night Live veteran once played a fey man in a sweater and is now poised to run for the U.S. Senate. His new documentary God Spoke charts the rise of a liberal hero.Let's get this out of the way. Is Stuart Smalley Stuart Smalley is a fictional character invented and performed by actor, comedian, author, and political activist Al Franken. The character originated on the television show Saturday Night Live, in a mock self-help show called "Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley. gay? I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. ! That's a really good question ... and don't think that wasn't the honest answer. I've never discussed whether he is or not. I think I know, but it's never been the issue. It's all about codependency. What were you thinking when you saw this federal gay marriage amendment going up for yet another vote? Well, I thought it was cynical. Like everything they do. In your opinion, what can gays do to help their own cause? I think one thing would be to let people know that in, like, 37 states someone can be fired for being gay. There are still no laws [or protections] on the books. And I think that's obviously even more basic than gay marriage as an issue. I'm a Democrat who has become disillusioned dis·il·lu·sion tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions To free or deprive of illusion. n. 1. The act of disenchanting. 2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted. , in part regarding the same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable issue. Is there anything you want to say to Democrats who feel the same way? Tell them to support Patty Wetterling Patty Wetterling (born November 2, 1949) is a U.S. advocate of children's safety, particularly focused on protecting children from abduction and abuse. Her advocacy began after her son was abducted in 1989. , who's running for Congress against Michele Bachmann in the 6th district in Minnesota. Bachmann has basically dedicated her whole career to outlawing gay marriage in Minnesota--to do a constitutional amendment or something. So if your readers would like to help somebody, help Patty. What are your thoughts about how Bill Clinton and John Kerry handled same-sex marriage? There's this question, which is, Why is marriage between a man and a woman? And the answer is, Because I think marriage is between a man and a woman. It seems the definition of a tautology tautology In logic, a statement that cannot be denied without inconsistency. Thus, “All bachelors are either male or not male” is held to assert, with regard to anything whatsoever that is a bachelor, that it is male or it is not male. : It is because it is. They have different positions than I do. I think it's just a matter of time [until we have marriage equality], and as politicians they might have thought it wasn't quite time yet. I'm just a different kind of politician, and if I run for the Senate in Minnesota, one of my strengths has to be that when I say something, people may not agree with it, but at least they'll know I say what I believe. And I believe this is a civil rights issue. Are you afraid that if you run for a Senate seat, unfunny skits from SNL SNL Saturday Night Live SNL Sandia National Laboratories SNL School for New Learning (Depaul University) SNL Springfield News-Leader (Missouri newspaper) SnL Sweet N Low SNL Standard Nomenclature List will be used against you? No. To prove a skit wasn't funny, it takes more than 30 seconds! |
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