Another day, another morsel of Michele Bachmann's anti-gay past garners the spotlight. This time around, news that the GOP's 2012 presidential front-runner—during her tenure as a Minnesota state rep in 2006—attempted to pass a bill protecting "ex gay therapists" has hit the gay blogosphere. Details follow.

I love that ridiculous homophobia now leaves the majority of the world with such a bad case of the eye rolls that the d-bags perpetuating it either have to immediately embark on Apology World Tours at the suggestion of their publicists, or have to defend their unpopular anti-gay activities at the suggestion of their egos. Follow the jump to see why Rick Santorum found it important to add his signature right under Michele Bachmann's on that deplorable conservative pledge against equality, science and Christian tenets, and asks signers to promise their fidelity in their marriage.

Believe us—we wish we didn't have to publish multiple stories a day sharing the intenese bigotry spewed by the GOP 2012 presidential frontrunner. The latest? Good As You has uncovered a deplorable 2004 paper circulated to constituents by Michele Bachmann that compares marriage equality to Pearl Harbor. Details follow. 

Michele Bachmann slid down her own slippery slope today as she descended to an all-time low in her historic homophobic campaign. A right-wing pledge begging for GOP presidential candidate signatures received her ink without even as much as a second thought (which I don't think Bachmann affords much of anything, including facts). Details follow. 

You might be surprised to learn that Tim Pawlenty apparently loves one of Lady Gaga's gay anthem. So, which of Mother Monster's tracks does the anti-gay contender for the 2012 GOP presidential nominee title favor?

Current TV host Bryan Safi pulls his best Daily Show interviewing tricks out for a sit-down session with openly-gay GOP presidential-candidate (those words no longer contradict each other!) Fred Karger for the latest installment of "That's Gay." 

If anyone knows who is in need of an education it is surely the husband of fact-challenged Michele Bachmann. In a clip that ThinkProgress has unearthed, Marcus Bachmann, who was at one time an alleged "ex gay therapist," announces that gays are "barbarians" who "need to be educated" and "disciplined." Hear his asinine statement (and MSNBC's just-broadcasted reaction), after the jump. 

Listen, thin looks good on a lot of things, but patience is not one of them. Readers, reporters, equality-minded Senators, and, especially, New York's LGBT population are encumbered with fatigue by the NY GOP's inability to bring marriage equality to a vote. 

(Expect breaking news updates throughout today on NY marriage equality)

Updated Wednesday, 4 p.m. EST

More sources out of Albany (including David Mixner) are reporting that the New York Senate now boasts the 32 votes necessary to pass marriage equality legislation. Details follow.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry hasn't yet officially tossed his cowboy hat into the ring of 2012 GOP presidential candidates but, according to Politico, his wranglers (his team, not his jeans) are already ready to fight against a national re-airing of the gay rumors that have circled his tenure. 

If you wanted to hear Rachel Lang's own words describing why she bombed Michele Bachmann, follow the jump for a video interview with the glitter activist. Still, the question remains: Did glitter-bombing Bachmann move gay rights forward?)

Glitter shrapnel isn't the only thing still settling after anti-gay 2012 GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's appearance at a conservative gathering over the weekend; a collective WTF continues to stun the gay blogosphere as word seeps out that the homophobic lawmaker used Katy Perry's gay-anthem "Firework" without permission as a campaign rallying song during the "Right Online" convention. Details follow.