Florida's Lake County School Board members are acting more like kindergartners than adults in their consideration of allowing a gay-straight alliance in their district. 

When did baked goods become so political? Ace of Cakes star Duff Goldman finds it odd that his job as a cake decorator can help right an injustice, but he's happy to help the Oregon lesbian couple we told you about on Monday that was denied service by a bigoted baker. 

The story we brought you last week of 17-year old Lennon Cihak being denied confirmation for supporting marriage equality made national headlines and provoked one of the Diocese's priest to defend the decision over the weekend. 

So, what did Father Gary LaMoine have to tell his parishioners about the church's homophobic move?

Humanity wins when civil rights wins, but The Assumption Church in Barnesville, Minnesota is acting like a big, sore loser after bigotry lost at the ballot box last week. Details follow. 

A conservative group looking to overturn New York's same-sex marriage law just got bitch slapped. 

The state Court of Appeals announced today that they had declined to hear an appeal from New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, a group opposed to same-sex marriage.

More after the jump.

In a vote that fell squarely along party lines, Virginia's House of Delegates voted today to deny a judicial nomination to Tracy Thorne-Begland, who would have become the state's first openly gay judge.

Thorne-Begland’s vote resulted in 33 “yes” votes to 31 “nay” votes. All 31 nay votes came from Republican delegates, who argued that his “lifestyle” and support for LGBT causes would make it impossible for him to be an impartial judge. Thorne-Begland required a 51-vote majority amongst House delegates to be approved.

More after the jump.

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Father Marcel Guarnizo denied Barbara Johnson communion at her own mother's funeral because she's lesbian. Not ready to settle for a simple apology, Barbara has set out for the homophobic priest's collar. 

Is YouTube exhibiting a double-standard? Moderators at the Google-owned website have deemed an intimate (but clothed!) embrace between quirky singer-songwriter Perfume Genius and hunky adult star Arpad Miklos "too adult in nature" to post. The explanation, the reaction, and the innocuous 15-second album teaser video, after the jump.