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Today, the Supreme Court is convening privately to make a highly anticipated decision: Will it weigh in on gay marriage? 

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The new state of gay marriage in America. 

Note: This map has been updated to reflect Minnesota not legalizing gay marriage. 

Huff Po: Obama Responds to 10-Year-Old’s Heartfelt Letter About Her Dads

Meet the Romney adviser who backed criminalizing homosexuality in Africa. →

The Rumpus' "Week in Greed" Interviews Conservatives, and Sad Things Happen: Part II →

WiG: Can you talk about your stances on social issues?

Jack: After the freakshow that was the DNC convention, I am quite honestly worn out by all the angry estrogen. But I will talk briefly about abortion. I was informed by a grad-school colleague of mine that until I have a uterus, I don’t have a right to an opinion about abortion (never mind the fact that I am thoroughly pro-choice). The stridency of these broads cannot possibly be making them many friends.

— According to the author, the conservative interviewee “is a senior editor at a small public relations company in northern New Jersey, and is gay.”

cognitivedissonance:

From Jezebel:

Back in August, during a Springfield City Council public hearing on amending the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance to include sexual orientation and gender identity protections, Rev. Phil Snider of the Brentwood Christian Church lashed out at the council for “inviting the judgement of God upon our land” by making “special rights for gays and lesbians.”

He goes on to invoke the bible and morality and the end of days a few more times before suddenly appearing to lose his train of thought.

And then something pretty amazing happens.

You HAVE to watch until about the two-minute mark. Let me put this in picture form for you:

Seriously, watch the whole thing. Good payoff.

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So, there’s that.

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The Five Most Comically Anti-Gay Ads, Ever.

With bonus videos from the 1950’s and Futurama!

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Gay Marriage Seed Art at the Minnesota State Fair

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You guys, we're about to Tumble a bunch of pics of pro-gay marriage seed art from the Minnesota state fair. →

And it’s going to be FUCKING AWESOME.

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New GOP platform: more Uganda, less gay-friendly. →

An early draft of the Republican platform accuses the Obama administration of “attempting to impose” on the “peoples of Africa…legalized abortion and the homosexual rights agenda,” and hopes to change that. 21st century America y’all.

Serwer: “As far as the GOP is concerned, ‘religious freedom’ doesn’t extend to people who do not subscribe to the religious conviction that homosexuality is sinful and should be punished by the state.”

Also, to read what Uganda is really like for LGBT persons, check out Mac McClelland’s stirring on-the-ground story here.

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Tampa’s Only Gay-Owned Bathhouse Offers GOPers Free Admission

Totally gratis, conservatives can cavort in their all-new darkroom, dubbed “A Shot In The Dark.”

(thanks Molly Ball!)

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Your lunchtime must-read, courtesy of Adam Serwer.

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Will the National Organization for Marriage’s plan to pit blacks versus gays work? Adam Serwer reports from the front lines of the Maryland marriage fight.