“My position has been clear,” Walker said last week. “I’m just not stating one at all.” (Interestingly, Walker said that he was not declining to answer the question by not giving his opinion.)

Colbert said the public should respect the governor's sudden need for privacy.

“I believe we must all respect Walker’s privacy in this difficult time to be against gay marriage,” Colbert said. “It is a personal matter between him and his pollster. It is none of the public’s business what Walker decides in the privacy of his own governor’s mansion.”

In fact, Colbert tongue-in-cheek suggested he was also adopting a “no-stance stance” on gay marriage, despite having some crisp things to say against gay marriage “as recently as 90 seconds ago.

“The point is that I’m here, they’re queer, and let’s talk about something else.”

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