New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie found himself in quite a pickle this week when he didn't exactly come out against "ex-gay" therapy, which is currently facing court time in his state. After facing backlash and a PR nightmare from his Democratic gubernatorial challenger, Christie's office released a statement of clarification late Thursday night.

It's been a tough week for hate group leader Tony Perkins.

It's clear more than ever that his friends in the GOP are on the verge of leaving his outmoded discriminatory views behind in favor of being on the right side of history. If the trend holds up, says Tony, and the 2016 Republican presidential candidates wise up and support civil marriage for all Americans, then he will start a third party.

The Chelsea Clinton contraband that NBC refused to air because she's an official peacock correspondent has been taken off the black market and onto the Internet. Follow the break for more on the taboo brilliance that is Chelsea Clinton's pro-same-sex marriage PSA after the break!

It's very difficult for us to blink our heavy lids open on a Monday morning, but when we can get some good news with our Cafe Latte (Lite, of course!), it makes life a little more bearable. News from our neighbors up north, keeps LGBT progress a'movin', and of course, like Free-Drink Fridays, we love that!

Marriage equality's historic success at the ballot box this past November could directly impact how the U.S. Supreme Court decides to rule in the two marriage equality cases that they've chosen to review.

That's at least the opinion held by conservative commentator George Will. 

See what he has to say about how the marriage equality victories could influence the Court after the jump!

Gay and lesbian couples in the Seattle and Olympia areas started lining up at midnight to obtain some of the first same-sex marriage licenses in the state. Dan Savage and husband Terry Miller (who married in Canada in 2005) were part of the historic group. More photos and details after the jump!

It's written in the Bible (or in the HRC training manual, can't remember which) that "those who support love shall be rewarded" or something. It's a great saying (even if we did just make it up after a lunchtime margarita or three, and it will come to life for the states of Maine, Maryland and Washington when marriage equality goes into effect in the coming months. 

Does it matter that Nate Silver--this Presidential election's real superstar--is gay? 

David Badash at The New Civil Rights Movement makes a strong argument for why it may. 

Check it out his piece on the statitician who accurately predicted how ALL FIFTY states would vote in this year's Presidential election (and who's making life sexier for nerds everywhere). 

More after the jump!

Future textbooks documenting the "Historic LGBT Elections of 2012" will have yet another bullet point to address as Rep. Tina Kotek is on the road to becoming Oregon's first openly gay House Speaker. 

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. 

The Raiders may have lost to Brendon Ayanbadejo's Baltimore Ravens, but they were nothing but great sportsman on field and in the locker room.

Brendon tells TMZ that on Sunday, three Raiders congratulated him on marriage equality's win in Maryland in a move that squash's the already-stale NFL locker room stereotype. 

The Vatican, bruised from the historic outpouring of love that brought victory to the big four marriage equality battles earlier this month, won't go down without a fight. Vatican Spokesman Father Federico Lombardi has made it clear that Catholic Church heirarchy are pissed off at the majorities of Americans who voted for love. To save humanity from the slippery slope that marriage equality has caused all around the world (ahem), the Big Man wearing the lace dress and chiffon robe will amp up the fight for the "privileged recognition" of opposite-sex marriage.