We reported back in May on House Rep. Todd Akin's sponsorship of an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban military bases from hosting marriages or "marriage-like ceremonies" between same-sex couples. The amendment passed in the Republican controlled House, but failed in the Senate.

Now Akin, who's on his way out of Congress after torpedoing his election campaign with his infamous "legitimate rape" comments is pushing to have discriminatory, anti-gay language pushed into the military defense budget.

We guess he hasn't heard of going quietly. Details after the jump!

The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Ugandan Parliament   passed an anti-homosexuality bill out of committee today.

More after the jump. 

Updated Thursday, 4:45 p.m. PST

Madonna delivered as promise! Watch her speech to the audience in St. Petersburg after the jump!!

Updated Monday, 4:31 p.m. PST

Shockingly (read: not shockingly), not everyone was thrilled by Rep. Eric Cantor's suprising call for tolerance within the Republican party towards the LGBT community.

Mega-hate group, the Family Research Council lashed out against what they're describing as "taxpayer-funded culturcide."

See what they have to say after the jump.

Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has been going strong for over a month now and recently it reached Holland, Michigan where a pastor was arrested after protesting for LGBT rights. Details after the jump.