--- title: Gay Marriage: Stephen Colbert Celebrates, Invites Justice Scalia description: “Please come on my show, sir," Colbert said canonical: https://time.com/3939084/stephen-colbert-scalia-late-show/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-27T18:34:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:36:35.102Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Stephen Colbert Celebrates Gay Marriage Ruling by Inviting Justice Scalia on the 'Late Show' og:description: “Please come on my show, sir" og:url: https://time.com/3939084/stephen-colbert-scalia-late-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb6ae4f9c2f65b3b/69876f9455a8590ef6a84d76/colbert.jpeg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Obama Tapes An Interview For The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Celebrates Gay Marriage Ruling by Inviting Justice Scalia on the 'Late Show' twitter:description: “Please come on my show, sir" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb6ae4f9c2f65b3b/69876f9455a8590ef6a84d76/colbert.jpeg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Celebrates Gay Marriage Ruling by Inviting Justice Scalia on the _Late Show_ by [Jessica Derschowitz/EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz/EW Jun 27, 2015 6:34 PM UTC  Stephen Colbert smiles while taping the "The Colbert Report" with U.S. President Barack Obama, not pictured Stephen Colbert smiles while taping the "The Colbert Report" with U.S. President Barack Obama, not picturedAndrew Harrer—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Jessica Derschowitz/EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz/EW Jun 27, 2015 6:34 PM UTC [Stephen Colbert](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/17/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-spoof) joined those celebrating the [Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/26/marriage-equality-celebs-react) Friday with a new video commenting on the news. “History moves fast. It’s hard to believe that gay Americans achieved full Constitutional personhood just five years after corporations did,” the incoming _Late Show_ host joked in the clip, posted on his show’s YouTube channel. Colbert then turned his attention to the Supreme Court justices who dissented in Friday’s 5-4 ruling, particularly Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote in his dissent that he “would hide \[his\] head in a bag” if he ever joined an opinion that began the way Justice Anthony Kennedy’s majority decision did. “I could’ve sworn he was already hiding his head in a flesh-toned cinch sack,” Colbert said, before extending Scalia this invite: “Please come on my show, sir.” Colbert officially begins as host of CBS’ _Late Show_ on Sept. 8\. Watch him wish everyone a happy Pride weekend (and wave some rainbow flags) below. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/27/marriage-equality-stephen-colbert-scalia) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3939084/stephen-colbert-scalia-late-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3939084/stephen-colbert-scalia-late-show/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Celebrates Gay Marriage Ruling by Inviting Justice Scalia on the Late Show","datePublished":"2015-06-27T18:34:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:36:35.102Z","description":"“Please come on my show, sir\"","url":"https://time.com/3939084/stephen-colbert-scalia-late-show/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb6ae4f9c2f65b3b/69876f9455a8590ef6a84d76/colbert.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Derschowitz/EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb6ae4f9c2f65b3b/69876f9455a8590ef6a84d76/colbert.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Tapes An Interview For The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert","caption":"President Obama Tapes An Interview For The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert","creditText":"Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3939084/stephen-colbert-scalia-late-show/","name":"Stephen Colbert Celebrates Gay Marriage Ruling by Inviting Justice Scalia on the Late Show"}}]}] ```