Godless Sodomite

At the 2006 Emmy Award ceremony in Hollywood, Stephen Colbert called out the assembled "stars" when he greeted them, "Good evening, Godless Sodomites."

This was his way of putting them On Notice. For those among the assembled crowd who had ears to hear, Dr Colbert was giving them warning. Their town will soon be destroyed by a vengeful God. Anyone who watches one of their little filmic plays (or Las Vegas concerts) will be turned into a pillar of salt.

Dr. Colbert did not need to be so generous. The thankless crowd assembled in a theater didn't deserve a warning since they had just denied Stephen a richly deserved award for his painstaking pursuit of truthiness. They had given the award to Barry Manilow. Still, though, Dr Colbert granted them mercy enough to warn them of their impending fate.

Will they listen?