Okay, relax, France.

In the wake of the French government's legalization of marriage equality, those that oppose same-sex marriage have taken to the interwebs.

But they're not just stopping at denouncing their legislation. Homophobic tweets, including those calling for the death of gays are suddenly trending in the country. 

Mon dieu!! More after the jump.

Instinct Leading Man and Prop.8 plaintiff Paul Katami is on the receiving end of prayer this week, but we're not sure we like the motivation behind it.

Check out the anti-gay group, Alliance Defending Freedom's message after the jump.

Not everyone (male or female) can rock a skirt, but we think Kanye West pulled it off during his December 12 benefit concert in New York.

Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, not everyone agrees and 90's rapper, Lord Jamar of the group Brand Nubian sounded off in opposition to Kanye's gender-bending swag in a homophobic diss track. 

Lord Jamar desperately seeks any semblance of relevance after the jump.

Ahead of the Boy Scouts of America board meeting that will decide the fate of its archaic gay ban, President Obama has come out in support of ending the homophobic policy and opening the ranks to LGBT troops and leaders. Check out what the president had to say during an interview on CBS News over the weekend.

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The Boy Scouts of America is thisclose to ending its unpopular and discriminatory ban on gay scouts and troop leaders and has released an official statement on the big news of the day. Follow the jump for the BSA's own take on its consideration of a major long-awaited policy change.

The John Boehner-lead House Republicans have filed a brief with SCOTUS a few month ahead of the court's hearing on the Defense of Marriage Act. Their main defense? Gays can't have babies naturally so we shouldn't be allowed to marry. Check out the DOMA defense after the jump. 

A coalition of LGBT leaders has sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner demanding that he immediately stop using millions of taxpayer funds to keep the Defense of Marriage Act alive in courts. 

If the desire to see their fellow citizens treated equally doesn't motivate voters and lawmakers in states around the U.S. to support marriage equality, perhaps the influx of revenue that Maryland, Maine, and Washington are about to bring in from the gays will make them a little more amenable to the idea!

The Williams Institute at UCLA has just released their estimates for the minimum generated income same-sex marriage will bring to those three states and it's enough to make any state proudly wave a rainbow flag!

Details after the jump!

It's the end of an era. After 20 years of groundbreaking programming, In The Life Media (ITLM) has announced that the last broadcast of In The Life, television's first LGBT newsmagazine, will air in December 2012.

More after the jump.

The gay community will be represented by a record number of openly LGBT delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Just how many of us will substitute our rainbow flags for Obama banners on the floor of the convention in 10 days? 

Madonna says that those who broke one of the Commandments by criticizing her intimate Paris show last week were just "pretending to be fans."

Will you have your gay card revoked if you criticize the Mighty M?

So International Kissing Day isn't until July 6, but as The Huffington Post so aptly pointed out, "National Kiss Day" is a trending topic on Twitter.

We're not the type to rain on someone's tonsil-hockey so by all means, get to kissing!

HuffPo has put together a slideshow (with VIDEO people!!) highlighting 25 of the most talked about same-sex kisses.

Since today's a fake national holiday and all, we implore you to observe it by taking a look after the jump.