Humor & Life Quote by Kate Clinton

She’s not pitching a TV segment so much as committing a delightful act of cultural squatting: take the most jealously guarded real estate in American broadcasting - Sunday morning religion - and redecorate it with queer joy. The joke lands because it treats “the 11 o’clock spot” like a sleepy, undesirable timeslot when in reality it’s historically been a megaphone for moral authority. Clinton’s faux-naive confidence (“I’m sure nobody will be wanting…”) is the pry bar. She’s exposing how power hides in plain tradition.

The intent is double-edged: satire and strategy. By proposing “our own preachers,” Clinton isn’t simply mocking televangelists; she’s pointing to the way legitimacy gets manufactured. If sermons can be produced like any other show, why can’t queer communities claim that format too? The phrase “preach that gay is good” is blunt on purpose, a counter-slogan to decades of coded condemnation. No tortured theology, no pleading for tolerance - just a reframing of what counts as “good” in public speech.

Then she drops the choir, and the line brightens. It’s funny because it’s true: gospel spectacle, musical release, communal harmony - these are tools of persuasion as much as belief. Clinton is imagining a religion-adjacent pageant where queer people aren’t the cautionary tale; they’re the congregation, the celebrants, the ones holding the microphone. Underneath the punchlines is a serious critique: American moral narratives are staged, scheduled, and sold. Change the cast, and you can change the story.