John Oliver, filling in for Jon Stewart while he's on summer hiatus, is doing a bang-up job, and last night blasted the Boy Scouts for their policy of accepting gay scouts but banning scout leaders, calling it "a tragic end for the merit badge for closet-staying.".
He added, of the policy: "They're happy to welcome anyone with homosexual thoughts up until the age when they're old enough to act on them. That must create an awkward situation at Boy Scout graduation."
Leader: Congratulations Scout. Gay Scouts make us all proud.
Gay Scout: Oh, I'm happy to hear that. I'd like to come back as a leader one day.
Leader: You burn in hell, pervert!
In a special international edition of 'Gaywatch', Oliver also looks at Russia's ban on 'gay propaganda', Pope Francis and the Vatican's 'gay lobby', and the anti-gay marriage protests in France.
How is it that France's anti-gay protests (below) look so much gayer than our pro-gay protests?
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP…
