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This morning gay Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns got the above response from the Weather Channel after he tweeted a complaint about their mobile app. Burns, you may recall, earned national headlines when he denounced anti-gay bullying during a 2010 city council meeting. The video of his emotional and tear-laden recounting of the suicides of bullied gay teens and …

Marriages commenced in Little Rock minutes ago. Pictured above: HRC head Chad Grifin with the first couple. More photos at the link.

VIDEO: Conchita emerges from the jetway at 1:00.

The Arkansas Times reports that Pulaski County will issue same-sex marriage licenses this morning. So, presumably, will Carroll County, home to Eureka Springs, which issued 15 licenses on Saturday before closing with many couples still in line. But those might be the only places: Most counties in Arkansas will not be issuing licenses, relying on legal guidance that — if …

After “The Kiss” on Saturday, media outlets went scrambling to learn the identity of Michael Sam’s boyfriend. Heavy posted a bio last night: Like Sam, Cammisano was an athlete at Mizzou. He was on the University of Missouri’s swim team from 2009-2012 after starring at Rockhurtst High School in Kansas City and for the Kansas City Blazers. According to his …

“There’s no limit to our outrage. It’s the end of Europe. It has turned wild. They don’t have men and women any more. They have ‘it’.  Fifty years ago the Soviet army occupied Austria. We made a mistake in freeing Austria. We should have stayed.” – Former Duma vice chairman Vladimir Zhirinovsky, reacting to the Eurovision win of Conchita Wurst. …

On Wednesday, openly gay U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane will hear oral arguments on NOM’s motion to intervene in Oregon’s marriage case. This weekend NOM chairman John Eastman filed a brief in which he blasts Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum for “dereliction of duty” for her refusal to defend the state’s marriage ban. The NOM brief said that while …

The map might change today if the Arkansas ruling is stayed.

CBS Sports reports: Miami Dolphins defensive back Don Jones has been fined an undisclosed amount by the team following an incident on Saturday where he sent out a tweet critical of Michael Sam. Jones has also been banned from team activities until he undergoes sensitivity training. After St. Louis selected the openly gay Sam with the 249th overall pick in …

Clip description: AFER heads back to court this week to protect its latest marriage equality win. Kentucky’s Attorney General is running to become the state’s first pro-equality Governor. Oregon surveys look encouraging, but voters could still pass a turn-away-the-gays discrimination bill. And a new public education campaign in puts LGBT family members front and center in Oklahoma.