Last Week Tonight is like Sesame Street for adults. That’s not because John Oliver would make one hell of a muppet (he would), but because just like the children’s programming we used to love, watching this show is so much fun you don’t even realize you’re learning about the fact that 31 states still allow firing or evicting someone based on their sexual orientation or non-binary gender identity.
In less than 15 minutes, Oliver succinctly describes everything that’s wrong with policies aimed at discriminating against LGBT populations because “they shouldn’t have more rights than me” and why religious freedom exemptions are actually sorta-kinda bullshit when the only reason one uses them is to deny another person their civil rights. Going to a gay wedding is all well and good, Oliver points out, but it’s ridiculous that so many politicians still oppose gay marriage just…because.