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Jon Stewart Takes On Graham, Scalia, And DOMA | On last night’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart dedicated the entire opening segment to the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 challenges. In addition to discussing the history of the two laws, Stewart poked fun at offensive slippery slope arguments advanced this week by  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Justice Antonin Scalia. Joking aside, Stewart also pointed out that being gay is not “a whimsical desire for something unconventional,” but a “state of being who you are.” Watch it:

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