Peters says he’s “looking forward” to Brian Brown’s debate with Dan Savage. This is the first confirmation by NOM that they will actually follow through on Savage’s acceptance of Brown’s challenge.

The passage of Amendment One is less than a day old and already North Carolina Republicans are moving to revoke domestic partners insurance. From an email issued by Mecklenbug County Commissioner Bill James to legal staffers: Since Amendment One has passed when will we get a memo or something that outlines what changes we need to make to our health …

The New York Times has breaking news: President Obama, who is under mounting pressure to clarify his thinking on same-sex marriage after top aides publicly embraced it in recent days, will sit down for an interview with ABC News on Wednesday during which he is likely to be questioned about his “evolving” views on the issue, according to people familiar …

The neo-Nazi group World-Wide White Pride today celebrated the passage of Amendment One by posting a Fox News story and photo showing the bill’s backers as they triumphantly shared a lavish wedding cake. Because gay people don’t deserve civil rights OR cake.

So says Richard Mourdock, the Indiana teabagger who just upended six-term GOP Sen. Dick Lugar.

Tea Party darling Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) has submitted an amendment that would prohibit the Department of Justice from opposing the Defense of Marriage Act in court. Metro Weekly reports: In a conference call town hall held tonight with constituents, Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas), in response to a question about interstate marriage rights for same-sex couples, said that he “will …

Before the vote was finalized last night, Tony Perkins appeared on CNN where host Piers Morgan asked him what he would do if his own child turned out to be gay. Think Progress provides the below clip.

Only seven North Carolina counties defeated Amendment One, with the largest margin coming in Orange County, where UNC Chapel Hill students helped voted the bill down 79% to 21%. Next door was Durham County with 70% against. I’m embarrassed to add that my birthplace of Carteret County approved legalized bigotry with 81% in favor. Robeson County, home of Shotgun Boy, …

“Contributed”? Via Good As You.

Rather than vote for a black man, some West Virginia Democrats yesterday voted for man serving a 210-month prison sentence. With 96% of the precincts reporting Tuesday night, Keith Judd was holding steady at 41% of the vote and had won ten counties. Judd is also known as federal prison inmate Number 11593-051 at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in …

Crazy Eyes has exercised some heterosexual privilege. Staffers for Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann are confirming a Swiss television news report that Bachmann is now a citizen of Switzerland. Bachmann’s congressional spokeswoman Becky Rogness said Bachmann now enjoys dual citizenship with the US and Switzerland. “Congresswoman Bachmann’s husband is of Swiss descent so she has been eligible for dual-citizenship since they …

JMG reader Aaron sends us one bit of good news: San Diego is the first city in the country to honor Milk with a street bearing his name. The cost of the signs for the name change has been paid for by private contributions, according to Councilmember Todd Gloria’s office. “It is an honor to vote today to solidify Milk’s …

“So much for the idea being promulgated by the media and the elite that same-sex marriage is inevitable. Just the other day, gay activists were predicting victory in North Carolina, but instead marriage won an overwhelming victory. We are at the beginning of a national campaign in support of defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. …

This happened last night as the GOP filibustered the civil unions bill into oblivion, all while claiming that it was the Democrats’ fault.

Politico reports: “The President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same sex couples,” Obama’s North Carolina spokesman Cameron French said in a statement. “He believes the North Carolina measure singles out and discriminates against committed gay and lesbian couples, which is why he did not support it. President Obama has long believed that …