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A French anti-gay activist protested the nation's legalization of same-sex marriage in the most dramatic way possible--by committing suicide on the altar of the famed Notre Dame Cathedral.

More after the jump.

Two more alleged hate crimes occurred in New York City last night in the wake of yesterday's rally against the previous anti-gay attacks that have taken place in the city in recent weeks. 

More after the jump.

We're seeing more rumbling within the ranks of the Boy Scouts. 

This weekend a northeast chapter of the Scouts, the Connecticut Yankee Council, renounced the Boy Scouts' current discriminatory policy as well as any potential policy that discriminates against gay adults that may act as leaders.

See what the Council had to say after the jump.

Elliot Morales, the accused suspect in the shooting death of 32-year-old gay male Mark Carson (pictured), has been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime. 

Morales allegedly "laughed in hideous glee" as he confessed. 

Let's hope they throw the book at him. More after the jump.

Virginia Republicans continue to show their love for the gays...by nominating the most aggressively anti-gay candidates possible. 

This weekend Virginia GOP delegates nominated virulently anti-gay, Tea Party extremist E.W. Jackson as their Lieutenant Governor nominee. He joins a gubernatorial ticket led by state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. You remember Cuccinelli. He's the one that tried and failed to keep Virginia's anti-sodomy laws on the books, despite them being declared unconstitutional.

As for Jackson....well, he makes Cuccinelli look like Obama. 

Check out his track record of opposition to the gays after the jump.

New Yorkers turned out last night for a candlelight vigil to mourn the passing of 32-year-old shooting victim, Mark Carson. 

Carson was murdered early Saturday morning in an anti-gay hate crime. 

Video from the vigil and details for a rally/speak out scheduled for Monday, after the jump.

What is happening in New York City? 

No really. What the hell is happening?

A gunman murdered a 32-year-old gay man early Saturday morning after screaming anti-gay slurs at him in Greenwich Village. 

Details from the terrifying story after the jump.

Bill Moser, who's been active in the Boy Scouts for over 50 years and has two Eagle Scout sons, has resigned from the Boy Scouts citing their anti-gay policies.

See what he has to say after the jump!

In an effort to protect religious freedom (seriously), Republicans in Washington state have filed a bill that would give businesses the right to deny services on the basis of religious belief. 

Hmm...slippery slope...

Details after the jump.

Once again Scouts for Equality's Executive Director (and the gay community's favorite son) Zach Wahls destroys the anti-gay opposition with logic. 

During a CNN interview conducted by Don Lemon, Zach takes on John Stemberger, the founder of the anti-gay organization, On My Honor, which is working to keep gays out of the Boy Scouts of America.

Watch after the jump. 

Hmm...Paraguay presidential candidate Horatio Cartes has a pretty interesting way of articulating his opposition to marriage equality.

When asked how he'd react if his own son sought to marry a man, Cartes had a colorful answer: He'd shoot himself in the balls. 

Kay... 

More after the jump. 

Sir Ian McKellen has his own thoughts on the passing of the former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. 

As seen in Thatcher's anti-gay speech that went viral, the Prime Minister wasn't exactly great for the gays.  

McKellen reflects after the jump.