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Michael Phelps just broke the all-time record held by Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina since 1966. Fifteen gold, 19 total medals. Sorry about the spoiler, but screw you NBC.

By the way, those courageous defenders of freedom at Protect Marriage have a locked Twitter account so they don’t have to defend what they say to their evil little inner circle of goons. Locked accounts are useless, of course, if you use one of the many Twitter APIs like Tweetdeck.

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Via press release from GLAD: Today, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional as a violation of equal protection guarantees. Her ruling comes with respect to claims brought by six married same-sex couples and one widower from the states of Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont who were denied federal …

Tomorrow is the big day for all the hate groups’ Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day. In response, some activists suggest ordering a chicken item from McDonald’s and posting its photo on the Facebook page of your closest Chick-Fil-A franchise. If you’re one of them there “Mickey D’s is death food” folks, the above item is quite lo-cal.

This week’s topics: The Chick-Fil-A saga continues, with a day of protest coming this Wednesday. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos gives two point five million dollars for a marriage equality vote in Washington state. The Democratic National Committee takes a big step towards endorsing the freedom to marry. Pressure builds on the Supreme Court, and there’s international progress from Scotland to …

Many more examples from Matt Stopera.

AMC wants New Yorkers to know that the Dish Network has dropped them and therefore no Walking Dead for you, Manhattan. Lots of screaming, but just as much “Get out of my way, corpse-face.”(Via Towleroad)

In addition to the DOMA-related cases that landed on the desks of the Supreme Court this month, today they received an appeal on the overturn of Prop 8. Chris Geidner reports: Supporters of California’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex couples from marrying, Proposition 8, have asked the Supreme Court to hear the ongoing challenge to the law in order to reverse …