In a redneck’s worst nightmare, Late Show host Stephen Colbert offered a level-headed response to North Carolina’s new anti-LGBT laws while two men dressed as Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln kissed passionately behind him.

Now, it may not be the most level-headed response after all, but when you are faced with a law that purely exists because of hate, well, you can’t really expect anyone to be level-headed.

Watch.