Letterman Bizarrely Likens Pope Naming Cardinals to Michael Sam Kiss

Matthew Balan | January 6, 2015
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

David Letterman couldn't resist taking a jab at the Catholic Church on the 5 January 2015 edition of CBS's Late Show. Letterman highlighted how Pope Francis recently appointed forty bishops to be cardinals, and noted how the pontiff personally calls each of the new designees. The host jokingly claimed to have video of one of the clerics receiving the phone call. He then played the much-hyped footage of former NFL player Michael Sam receiving word that he had been drafted, and then tearfully kissing his boyfriend.

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