WATCH: Jon Stewart Takes Supremes to Task Over DOMA

Comedian turned commentator Jon Stewart was on fire questioning the logic behind pretty much everything Justice Scalia said this week about same-sex marriage.

Diane Anderson-Minshall

Diane Anderson-Minshall is the CEO of Pride Media, and editorial director of The Advocate, Out, and Plus magazine. She's the winner of numerous awards from GLAAD, the NLGJA, WPA, and was named to Folio's Top Women in Media list. She and her co-pilot of 30 years, transgender journalist Jacob Anderson-Minshall penned several books including Queerly Beloved: A Love Across Genders.

Read Full Bio

Diane Anderson-Minshall

March 29 2013 12:28 PM EST

November 17 2015 5:28 AM EST

deliciousdiane

We need your help
Your support makes The Advocate's original LGBTQ+ reporting possible. Become a member today to help us continue this work.

On last night's episode of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart mocked the Supreme Court over "the justices' ambivalence about the discriminatory intent behind the passage of the Defense of Marriage Act, highlighting antigay testimony from the House floor in 1996," according to Think Progress.

Zack Ford reports that he called out Justice Scalia's claim that there is "considerable disagreement among sociologists" about gay people's ability to be good parents, pointing out that there is actually consensus among medical professionals, "whereas on the opposing side, there's some fucking guy who put out a thoroughly discredited study, or as that's known on the right, 'conclusive proof.'"

Among the choicest quotes: In reference to Justice Alito's concern that same-sex marriage is "newer than cell phones or the Internet" Stewart retorted, "We want you to step in and render a decision based on whether it's right, and fair, and just under the Constitution -- having nothing to do with its 'newness' and what you think might happen, which, by the way, what do you think might happen? That they'll discover that letting two ladies get married is going to rip open a hole in the ozone layer? I got news for you, gay marriage will definitely cause less national harm than cell phones or the Internet. Here's one thing I'm pretty sure you don't have to do: you don't have to beta-test rights." Also: "Black people have only been here 50 years, I mean, let's see how the Netherlands does with them before we lift the barriers."