Last night, Colbert urged the Senate to approve James Holsinger, President Bush’s nominee to be the next Surgeon General. Holsinger wrote a 1991 report on the “dangers” of “anal eroticism,” arguing that homosexuality was “unnatural” by comparing human anatomy to “pipe fittings.”
For years, we have tolerated smoking just like we currently tolerate homosexuality. But the surgeon general alerted us to the dangers of smoking with warning labels. With Holsinger at the helm, we can use the same approach for homosexuality. Every gay man and woman should come with a label: “Warning! Plumbers have found homosexual behavior to be dangerous and unnatural.” And that’s the word.
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