The Daily Show explores the GOP's (probably fleeting) embrace of gay marriage

The Daily Show explores the GOP&#039;s (probably fleeting) embrace of gay marriage

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This week The Daily Show looked at the Republican Party's new outreach campaign to female voters. On Thursday night's show, Jon Stewart and "Senior Pandering Corespondent" Al Madrigal looked at another demographic the GOP is courting, gays and lesbians, via conspicuously downplaying party opposition to same-sex marriage.

Madrigal is nonplussed, and not at all optimistic that this new courtship will last. Two years ago, "the GOP was falling all over itself pretending to love Latinos," he said. "You know how long that love fiesta lasted? Six f--king months!" Latinos would like more attention from the GOP, but "we'd be happy with some simple indifference," he added. "At this point, we would love a shrug of grudging acceptance, so we can go about our lives, living, loving, and enjoying our traditional food." A word of warning for lovers of churros, the Mexican fried dough sticks — if you watch this, you may never look at them quite the same again. --Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.