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The Supreme Court has yet to respond to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s demand to extend a lower court’s stay on the ruling that overturned that state’s ban on same-sex marriage. That stay expires at noon today. Yesterday several marriage licenses were issued and at least one gay wedding took place despite today’s deadline. Has SCOTUS ever refused to …

Tonight President Obama will announce an executive order on immigration reform that has the GOP threatening to shut down the federal government. We’ve talked about our roots in this post in the past, but today let’s hear how your family actually got to America. My own namesake arrived in Manhattan on a steamship out of Wales in 1871. How and …

Fitness model Bryan Hawn lip-syncs to a Taylor Swift track as he builds a marriage equality map and shows off his ridiculous rear end. This is probably office-safe. (Via JMG reader Homo Erectus)

“The social cost will be profound on the U.S. taxpayer – millions of unskilled, illiterate, foreign nationals coming into the United States who can’t speak the English language. Even though the president says they won’t be able to vote, we all know that many, in all likelihood, will vote. The president has a very single-minded vision. He’s looking at new …

Motown legend Jimmy Ruffin, whose 1980 smash Hold On To My Love helped usher out an era of gay nightlife, has died at the age of 78. Via the Detroit Free Press: Ruffin, whose poignant “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” is regarded by many as one of Motown’s greatest works, died Monday afternoon in a Las Vegas hospital. A Mississippi …

Ellen has 34 million Twitter followers.

“I am heartbroken for the people of Montana who have had the redefinition of marriage forced on them by an out-of-control federal judiciary. I am also grieved for the children of same-sex couples who have no chance of growing up with a mom and a dad. While we mourn the direction of a misguided judiciary, we’re encouraged by the fact …

“It is the attorney general’s sworn duty to uphold and defend Montana’s constitution until such time as there is no further review or no appeal can be made in a court of law. Fulfilling that duty, the state of Montana will appeal this ruling in light of the fact that there are conflicting federal court decisions and no final word …

“Today’s decision ensures we are closer to fulfilling our promise of freedom, dignity, and equality for all Montanans. It is a day to celebrate our progress, while recognizing the qualities that bind us as Montanans: a desire to make a good life for ourselves and our families, while providing greater opportunities to the next generation. I have instructed my administration …