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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that allows state employees to place their same-sex partners on their health insurance. Chris Geidner reports: After the 2011 decision, lawyers for the state asked the Ninth Circuit to re-hear the case en banc, or by an 11-judge panel. On April 3, the Ninth Circuit denied the …

Today Rep. Barney Frank made history when he became the first openly gay sitting member of Congress to marry. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick officiated the ceremony and added some levity by saying Frank, 72, and Ready, 42, had vowed to love each other through Democratic and Republican administrations alike, and even through appearances on Fox News, according to Al Green, …

Hate group leader Scott Lively, who is presently being sued for crimes against humanity, has issued a “Christian Red Alert” because Springfield, Missouri is considering a bill to protect LGBT residents from discrimination. The City of Springfield Missouri has announced it’s intention to “consider”an ordinance to give homosexuals extraordinary new powers to silence and punish Christian landlords and businesses through …

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Far right five-term GOP House Rep. Thad McCotter (MI) abruptly resigned from Congress yesterday even though he was predicted to skate through an easy reelection campaign. Had he actually been on the 2012 ballot, that is. His staff turned in 2,000 signatures supporting his candidacy, twice as many as needed to be eligible for the Aug. 7 primary ballot. But …

In an astonishingly close vote, a mainline Presbyterian denomination voted yesterday to reject an endorsement of same-sex marriage. The vote at the church’s biannual convention in Pittsburgh was 338 to 308, with 2 abstentions. But the decisive generational shift that lies ahead for the church was made clear in a separate tally of votes by seminary students and young adult …

Last night the Scissor Sisters played Terminal 5 in Hell’s Kitchen where an already ecstatic (and virtually all-male) audience went nuts when during their current club smash, Let’s Have A Kiki, the band brought out Justin Bond of the legendary cabaret act Kiki & Herb. We literally screamed in delight and later at the XL after party I got to …

Google has announced that it has launched a global campaign in support of marriage equality. The “Legalize Love” campaign officially launches in Poland and Singapore on Saturday, July 7th. Google intends to eventually expand the initiative to every country where the company has an office, and will focus on places with homophobic cultures, where anti-gay laws exist. Google’s Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe …