As new reports emerge that make the hospital come off worse and not better, the federal government has acknowledged it will look into the Research Medical Center's arrest of Roger Gorley. 

Research Medical Center in Kansas City has expanded upon its initial statement to put blame of the controversial arrest of Roger Gorley on his "belligerent behavior" in the hospital room of his ill partner. 

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(A petition has been started on Change.org in hopes of grabbing the Obama Administration's attention. Sign it here.)

A heartbreaking situation in Missouri has reminded us why exactly we're fighting for full federal marriage equality. 

A gay man has been arrested for refusing to leave his partner's hospital room, and banned from stepping foot inside the facility again.

Missouri's senior Senator Claire McCaskill became the latest national lawmaker to publicly announce support for marriage equality. In a blog post on her Tumblr page, Sen. McCaskill revealed that she can no longer "confront this uncomfortable inequality."

Even saints experience family drama over the holidays as apparent in a new report from Star Magazine about Brad and Angelina's Christmastime plans. 

As the only Midwestern city to receive a 100 percent score on the HRC's new Municipal Equality Index, St. Louis has continued to prove its mettle today by passing non-discrimination protections for its LGBT community. 

Rev. Phil Snider's dramatic speech that he delivered during a Springfield, Missouri city council meeting in the midst of debate over a discrimination ordinance that would have added the LGBT community to a list of protected minorities has set the interwebs on fire and has already been seen by more than 2 million people! 

(We'd advise you to watch the linked clip before reading further in the event that you haven't seen it yet. SPOILER ALERT!)

The reverend responds to all of the hoopla after the jump.

Remember Canada?

It's been awhile since we've taken a history course, but if we dust off our middle school textbooks and flip through the pages once again we'll be reminded of the great civilization of Canada was wiped off the map because it allowed same-sex couples to enter into a legal civil contract together. "Worse than the A-bomb," the headlines read according to history books. 

Except that NEVER happened. Someone should kindly inform lady's man of the moment Rep. Todd Akin, who believes that marriage equality destroys civilizations. Check out Rep. "Legitimate Rape" Akin's comments about the gays after the jump. 

Doug Pitt, brother to Brad and son to reluctant Romney supporter Jane, fights for his position as "the second most famous Pitt" by appearing on the Today show to discuss the controversy surrounding his surname stemming from last week. 

So, what does Doug have to say about his anti-gay mother? 

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It's still National Hangover Day (and boy how we observe this holiday!), and it looks like we weren't the only ones celebrating.

After confirming to ThinkProgress (who made the story national) that the writer of an anti-gay letter was the mother of Brad Pitt, an editor at the Springfield News-Leader redacted the publication's confirmation and then redacted that redaction.

Redactions must grow on trees over there in Springfield, Missouri!

Now, according to the paper, the Jane Pitt willing to overlook Mitt Romney's Mormonism because of his strong anti-gay "values" is Brad's mom.

We're sorry but the two smoldering gay finalists in PETA's "Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door" make us crave meat! They might turn down our lovelorn messages (courtesy of two hours of Facebook stalking) after that joke, but it was totally worth it.

Meet Zachary and Mark, the only gays remaining of the final 10 men competing for the mouth-watering title, after the jump!

On Wednesday, Missouri Rep. Zachary Wyatt became the only gay Republican state level lawmaker currently serving (according to The Victory Fund) when he came out of the closet to fight the state's despicable "Don't Say Gay" bill. While the intense limelight has understandably made Rep. Wyatt's already busy schedule even more frenetic, he took a little time to chat quickly with Instinct about coming out to fight anti-gay bigotry in Missouri.