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'SNL' & The Onion Really Want Kim Jong Un To Endorse Gay Marriage In North Korea

'SNL' & The Onion Make Similar Gay Marriage Joke
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FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, accompanied by military officers, inspects air drill at an undisclosed airbase in North Korea. For the outside world, North Korea's message is largely doom and gloom: bombastic threats of nuclear war, amateur-looking videos showing U.S. cities in flames, digitally altered photos of military drills. But a domestic audience gets a parallel and decidedly softer dose of propaganda - and one with potentially higher stakes for the country's young leader. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS, File)

On March 26, The Onion ran the story "Kim Jong Un Comes Out In Support Of Gay Marriage: 'I'm Not A Monster.'"

About a week and a half later, "Saturday Night Live" returned from a month-long hiatus with a message from Kim Jong Un (Bobby Moynihan) declaring that gay marriage is now legal in North Korea.

Coincidence? Almost definitely. The Onion's article garnered over 57,000 Facebook "likes," so there's nearly no chance that some sly "SNL" writer thought he could pull a fast one by ripping off a little-seen Onion joke.

If anything, it would be unexpected if that these two high profile humor outlets didn't make a similar joke about these two high-profile topics. They have depicted the closest thing to a recognized public villain, the nuclear-happy Kim Jong Un, as finding it in his heart to support to gay marriage, which has hit record high numbers of public approval in the wake of the DOMA arguments at the Supreme Court and Democrats' push for the party's rank and file to support the cause.

"SNL" took a more moderate approach to the joke (Kim claims that he had a change of heart due to a personal story, parodying Rob Portman) while The Onion overtly disparaged those who are against gay marriage (the dictator says, "I have no idea what's going on with the justices over there, to be honest. The whole thing is a fucking embarrassment"), but they both indicate that the public barometer has shifted to the point that NBC's highest rated show opened with a sketch where an evil man was human enough to support same-sex marriage.

Meanwhile on talk radio, some pundits have found a connection between the two gay marriage and North Korea, albeit a bit more alarmingly. Right-wing radio host Rick Wiles and Southern Baptist Convention President Rev. Fred Luter said last Monday that there may be a "connection" between the two, and that "at the time when we are debating same-sex marriage...I don’t think it’s just a coincidence that we have a mad man in Asia" threatening to bomb the United States.

Hopefully, both these issues will be resolved soon and separately.

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Before You Go

Gay Marriage In The United States
New York(01 of17)
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New York lawmakers legalized same-sex marriage on July 24, 2011, making it the largest state at the time to pass such legislation. (credit:Flickr: alh1)
Maryland(02 of17)
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Voters in Maryland approved marriage equality in the November 2012 election.Initially, the gay marriage bill was signed into law by Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) on March 1, 2012, but opponents gathered enough signatures to force the issue back onto the ballot. With the passing of marriage equality, same-sex marriage ceremonies began on Jan. 1, 2013. (credit:AP)
Iowa(03 of17)
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Iowa's Supreme Court ruled the state's gay marriage ban unconstitutional on April 3, 2009. (credit:Getty)
Maine(04 of17)
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Maine made history in the November 2012 election when it became the first state to pass marriage equality on the ballot. Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin said, "Voters in Maine came to the common-sense conclusion that all people deserve the ability to make loving, lifelong commitments through marriage."Just three years ago, a popular vote overturned legislation that would have legalized same-sex marriage in the state. (credit:AP)
Massachusetts(05 of17)
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Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage on May 17, 2004. The state's Supreme Court initially found the ban on gay marriage unconstitutional on Nov. 18, 2003. (credit:AP)
New Hampshire(06 of17)
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Same-sex couples were able to begin seeking marriage licenses on Jan. 1, 2010. (credit:Flickr: jimbowen0306)
Vermont(07 of17)
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Vermont, which invented civil unions, became the first state to legalize gay marriage through a legislature's vote -- overriding the governor's veto. Same-sex couples were able to begin marrying on Sept, 1, 2009. (credit:Flickr: Tony Fischer Photography)
Washington D.C.(08 of17)
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Gay couples were able to begin marrying in the nation's capital on March 9, 2010. (credit:Flickr: Vox Efx)
California(09 of17)
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The state initially began conducting gay marriages on June 16, 2008. On November 5, 2008, however, California voters passed Proposition 8, which amended the state's constitution to declare marriage as only between a man and a woman.On June 26, 2013, by a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court justices held in Hollingsworth v. Perry that the traditional marriage activists who put Proposition 8 on California ballots in 2008 did not have the constitutional authority, or standing, to defend the law in federal courts after the state refused to appeal its loss at trial, opening the door for marriages to resume in the state. (credit:AP)
Washington(10 of17)
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On February 13, 2012, Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) signed a law allowing same-sex marriage ceremonies to begin on June 7, 2012. The process was delayed by gay marriage opponents who gathered enough signatures to put the issue up to a state vote in November 2012.Gay marriage passed on November 7, 2012. The official determination for Washington did not come until one day after the election because of the state's mail-in voting system. (credit:AP)
Rhode Island(11 of17)
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Gay marriage came to Rhode Island when Governor Lincoln Chafee signed the marriage equality bill into law on May 2, 2013. (credit:AP)
Delaware(12 of17)
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Delaware obtained gay marriage when Governor Jack Markell signed the marriage equality bill it into law on May 7, 2013. (credit:Getty)
Minnesota(13 of17)
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Minnesota same-sex couples achieved marriage equality when Gov. Mark Dayton signed the legislation into law on May 14, 2013. (credit:AP)
New Jersey(14 of17)
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker began marrying same-sex couples at City Hall at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 21, 2013. (credit:AP)
Hawaii(15 of17)
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Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed same-sex marriage into law on Nov. 13, 2013, making it the 15th state to pass such legislation.
Illinois(16 of17)
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Illinois became the 16th state to legalize gay marriage, with the House having passed the bill on Nov. 5. and Gov. Pat Quinn signing the legislation on Nov. 20. (credit:AP)
New Mexico(17 of17)
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On Dec. 19, the New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously ruled that same-sex marriage rights are protected under the Constitution. (credit:Robert Alexander via Getty Images)
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