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.

Big news from the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center (LAGLC)!

The LGBT organization has done something unprecedented. Right now, about 80% of the LGBT leadership in China is at the Center for an advanced training program.  They're currently learning from more than 25 of the most seasoned LGBT leaders in the United States. 

This could have an huge impact on the Chinese LGBT movement.

More after the jump.

In an interesting move—as Neil Patrick Harris correctly identifies—the Boy Scouts of America have opened up their phone lines to hear what the public has to say about allowing gay troops and leaders into its ranks. 

If an analog phone call is too old school for you, the BSA will also take your opinion on the matter at the email address  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Give 'em a ring or an email. You know the bigoted forces against dismantling Boy Scout discrimination are doing the same. 

Hate group leader Bryan Fischer has a dire warning for the Boy Scouts of America: allow gays and lesbians to become troops and den leaders will be an "open invitation for pedophiles." 

Updated 3:30 p.m. EST

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.

High profile businesses are throwing their support behind marriage equality in Illinois.

It certainly doesn't hurt for legislators to know that their decision to provide or deny equal rights to their citizens could directly impact their fiscal bottom line!

Check out the open letter published in The Chicago Tribune and signed by business leaders including Google, Barclays  Capital, Groupon, Orbitz and more 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. 

Hate group leaders and former Dbag of the Day crown holders Peter LaBarbera (of the Americans for Truth About Homosexuality) and vehement anti-gay activist "Pastor" John Kirkwood have decided that Dan Savage won the Bible/same-sex marriage debate against their homophobic colleague, Brian Brown. 

But why? 

President Obama joined Mitt Romney on Wednesday in official opposition to the Boy Scouts of America's reaffirmed ban on openly gay troops and leaders. Still, the long running organization chooses to adhere to its discriminatory policy by hiding behind its interpretation of Christian tenets. 

Sparked by Obama's statement, L.A.-based Rev. Dr. R. Scott Colglazier, Senior Minister, First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, has penned an effective Op-Ed that provides a Christian foundation for opposing the Boy Scout's anti-gay ban. 

Read Rev. Colglazier's open letter to the Boy Scouts of America after the jump. 

Via a White House statement, President Obama has come out in opposition to the Boy Scouts of America's long-standing and discriminatory ban on LGBT troops and leaders. Details follow. 

Really, Boy Scouts of America? You're cool with being associated with a known hate group in an effort to preserve a dusty, antiquated rule? 

That's the story according to American Family Association's Bryan Fischer, who said on his radio program today that the BSA called him for advice ahead of its decision to uphold its policy of discrimination against LGBT people and for his help to "call off the dogs." 

Updated Tuesday, 3:19 p.m. PST

Sounds like someone needs a nap....

Bradlee Dean is seeking D.C. Superior Court Judge Joan Zeldon’s recusal from his case against Rachel Maddow, MSNBC, and the Minnesota Independent, after she ruled that Dean must pay nearly $25,000 in legal fees.

“Judges are to enforce the law, not to defend lawbreakers and then award them money,” Dean said in a statement Tuesday.

More of Dean (and his lawyer's) extended whine after the jump.