Republican Colorado Rep. Don Coram cast the deciding vote killing civil unions on Monday in committee, preventing the bill from receiving a full House vote.

It came as quite a shock to us when Coram mentioned that he has a gay son.

His son, Dee Coram, has spoken out regarding his father's vote.

Hear what he has to say after the jump.

The Human Rights Campaign wants members of the House and Senate to go on the record with their support of same-sex marriage.

Details after the jump.

Republican House Rep. Steve King of Iowa fails to see the need for employment protections for LGBT citizens, primarily because they can hide their sexual orientation and, as such, won’t be discriminated against.

Genius!

Watch him articulate this brilliance after the jump.

Updated Wednesday at 3:37 p.m. (PST):

The Washington House of Representatives has passed the bill (55-43) in favor of marriage equality! Once signed by Gov. Christine Gregoire, Washington will become the seventh state (plus Washington, D.C.) in the U.S. to legally recognize same-sex marriage.

Details to follow...

Updated Thursday, 1:50 p.m. (PST)

Last week we reported that Washington state was a mere four votes shy of having the needed senate support for marriage equality. MyNorthwest.com recently reported that number has dropped to a mere one vote after Sen. Jim Kastama, a conservative democrat who had previously opposed same-sex marriage, announced his departure from the dark side, making him number 24 in the Senate to commit to support same-sex couples.

With the endorsement of numerous businesses, including Microsoft Corp, (we knew we loved you, Bill), as well as Gov. Chris Gregoire, we can almost hear the gay wedding bells now.

Original Story after the jump.

Let us get this right, you are wasting time and money defending discrimination because you don't want us taking the easy road to equality? God bless the GOP, testing our mettle and all. Details after the jump.

Just a couple weeks after Ros-Lehtinen became the first Republican in Congress to co-sponsor legislation to repeal DOMA, Christian groups are deriding her and blaming her son for her change of heart. Details after the jump.

Openly gay Congressman Jared Polis of Colorado and his partner Marlon Reis today welcomed their son Caspian into the world. This makes Jared Polis the only openly gay member of Congress to be a parent!

From the birth announcement:

Marlon & Jared are proud to announce the arrival of Caspian Julius: 8 pounds 12 ounces, Born September 30th 2011

Baby and parents are doing well, baby has learned to cry already!

No gifts please, just nice thoughts for Caspian, humankind, the planet, and the universe!

Such a regal name! Congratulations to the growing family! Does Congress have daycare?

The proposed amendment that would ban marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships and other relationship recognition for same-sex couples has passed the North Carolina House of Representatives. Maybe we aren't surprised by this, but we sure are pissed. Get the numbers and details after the jump.

The first openly gay woman to serve in Congress hasn't even announced her run for U.S. Senate, but she already has challengers lining up...and talking s***. Details after the jump.

Expected but disturbing news is breaking across the worldwide web and coming from news outlets across the nation right now. The weepy ol' Orange One, or Speaker of the House, John Boehner is going forward with our taxpaying dollars to defend DOMA in court since the Obama administration announced the president found that a key section of DOMA was unconstitutional, and was no longer going to have his administration defend the discriminatory law.

Now there are questions that come to light and HRC has shared some of their concerns (via their press release):

1.     There are at least nine federal lawsuits -- spanning three appellate courts and four district courts in six states -- challenging the constitutionality of Section...