A coalition of more than 50 LGBT groups has sent a letter to President Obama, demanding that his administration hold off on splitting up binational same-sex couples until the Supreme Court releases its decision in Edie Windsor's case against the Defense of Marriage Act.

Leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus meeting today on Capitol Hill to discuss immigration reform emphasized the need for recognition of same-sex relationships in a comprehensive bill dealing with the matter. Details follow. 

Pinal County, Arizona's controversial Sheriff Paul Babeu was re-elected to office decisively after coming back from a political nightmare earlier this year following being outed as a gay man accused of trying to get his immigrant ex-partner deported. 

More after the jump.

Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu, the rising conservative star who earlier this year made headlines for allegedly threatening to have his immigrant gay ex deported, has been cleared of all charges.

This comes after his decision to end his congressional campaign and his subsequent successful re-election campaign as Sheriff of Pinal County.

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House Democrats are applying necessary pressure to the Obama administration to ensure that binational same-sex couples are protected from deportation.

As it stands now, a foreign same-sex partner of a US citizen has virtually no protection regarding whether they're forced to leave the country based on immigration laws.

House Reps, including Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats, want President Obama and his Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano to change that—in writing.

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Updated 1:45 p.m. EST

We'll update this post below as reactions to Dharun Ravi's sentencing stream in.

Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail today after being found guilty of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy in the case related to Rutgers student Tyler Clementi. Details follow. 

Gay Republican Sheriff Paul Babeu has decided to end his Congressional campaign in Arizona

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Updated 4:00 p.m. PST

We previously reported on gay, legally married couple, Brian Willingham and Alfonso Garcia, as they fight to keep Garcia from being deported back to his native Mexico. The couple has no legal protections as a result of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

There’s now hopeful news. Today, a federal immigration court judge in San Francisco put Garcia’s deportation proceeding on hold.

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Oh, Sheriff Paul. Seemingly intent on proving that it actually doesn’t get better, there’s a new set of developments and nasty accusations being levied upon the GOP’s gay, (former?) rising star, Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu.

And this time, they’re from his sister. 

Oof.  More after the jump! 

Oh dear. This is messy. 

Arizona Congressional hopeful and star of the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference, Sheriff Paul Babeu has been outed not only as a gay man, but as a gay man who allegedly threatened to have his Mexican male lover deported if he disclosed their relationship.

Well, consider it disclosed—and how!

We've nearly reached the legal sugar-intake limit (West Hollywood Gay Penal Penis Code 4279) with all the saccharine sweetness today, but we're OK with cheating on the diet one more time with this heartfelt video by a cute married gay couple separated by DOMA. 

It's nice to see the story of Bradford Wells and Anthony John Makk receiving mainstream news attention. Makk, an Australian-born man living in San Francisco and the primary caregiver for his husband who suffers from AIDS, faces deportation even though the pair obtained a legal marriage license in Massachusetts. MSNBC's Thomas Roberts interviewed the married couple today to discuss their battle against U.S. immigration and the "Defense of Marriage Act."