Jon Stewart seemed genuinely surprised that Fox News’ Shep Smith embraced President Obama’s support of same-sex marriage. After the president’s historic news aired on Wednesday, Smith welcomed Obama to the “21st century.”“Come on, Fox,” Stewart said. “It’s same-sex marriage, the most divisive cultural issue of our time, remember?” So how did we get here? Conservative commentators on Fox once claimed that same-sex marriage would lead to marriages with multiple spouses and even turtles! The tone on Fox today is a little different, Stewart explained.
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