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Two actors were dressed up in stereotypical "redneck" clothing and sent out into Alabama and Mississippi to test reactions to a gay couple in a segment that aired on 'The Daily Show' Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (The Daily Show)

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" put its satirical eye on Alabama Tuesday night, asking what people in Alabama – a state the show noted "still has segregated sororities" – and our cousins in Mississippi really think about gay rights.

One segment of the show, "Last Gay Standing," was built around a prediction made by Nate Silver, likely the nation's most famous elections and sports statistician, that a majority of voters in a majority of states would approve gay marriage in a ballot initiative by 2020.

"The states that are probably going to be the slowest to move toward legalization are mostly in the South, particularly in the Deep South," Silver told The Daily Show correspondent Al Madrigal. "In particular, Alabama and Mississippi are maybe the last two."

Former U.S. Attorney for North Alabama Doug Jones and Mississippi newspaper columnist Slim Smith told Madrigal the same: each suggested that their respective states would be the last to approve gay marriage in the U.S. But then The Daily Show started pushing real buttons.

Madrigal dressed up two stuntmen in what one might consider stereotypical redneck clothing – flannel shirts, a beat-up hat and cargo pants for one, along with some added flair, like a rainbow-colored Confederate battle flag. And they sent these two men – as a couple – out into the world, and asked them to perform certain stunts.

The actors' dress is not quite common, and some of the places they visit – like Birmingham's Five Points South area – are probably not the best representation of overall attitudes towards gays in Alabama. But, regardless, the reaction to these two men was interesting.

One stunt? Handholding in Birmingham's Five Points South area.

How did one person react?

With nothing but absolute enthusiasm.

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