The Obama Administration's Justice Department has filed a request with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to ask that it expedite its upcoming case related to the Defense of Marriage Act. 

Rick Santorum has such a hard on for Kirk Cameron. It might have taken him a few weeks to react to the news (slow is a word that certainly applies to Santorum), but man, did he get excited when speaking about his anti-gay bedfellow with Piers Morgan over the weekend.

Plaintiffs challenging Proposition 8 in Perry v. Schwarzenegger have filed a letter with the Ninth Circuit today asking the federal appellate court to deny the defense's request for an en banc appeal.

Following the major Proposition 8 ruling made earlier this month by the Ninth District Court of Appeals, supporters of the discriminatory ban on marriage equality had two choices: elevate the case to the Supreme Court or present the case to a larger set of Ninth Circuit judges for review. According to reports, it appears that Prop 8 backers have made their decision.

Efforts to get a repeal of California’s Proposition 8 on the ballot in 2012 have ceased. 

We never expect the National Organization for Marriage's Brian Brown to understand much nor be able to wrap what loosely constitutes as a brain around concepts that read above a 2nd grade level. But the hate group's head homophobe really got this week's historic Prop 8 ruling in favor of marriage rights for everyone bass ackward! 

Perhaps emboldened by yesterday's santorum surge, the GOP second-runner again lashed out against the historic Prop 8 ruling while stumping in Texas on Wednesday. So, how is Santorum earning his name this week?

Dustin Lance Black, a main architect behind AFER's case against Prop 8, has uploaded a transcript of the full speech he gave following Tuesday's Ninth Circuit ruling. Read the moving speech that invokes tones of his iconic Oscar acceptance, after the jump. 

Ellen isn't the only lesbian-we-love discussing the Prop 8 ruling on her talk show; MSNBC's Rachel Maddow devoted much of her Tuesday night show to the landmark appellate ruling. The heroic Ted Olson joined Rachel for the first portion of the discussion to explain the fight so far and speculate where his case will go from here (The Supremes?).  

Leave it to Ellen to finally broach a sensitive subject and turn it into an opportunity to make people smile. The spunky talk show empress blasted One Or Two Moms At Best One Million Moms in a clip previewed ahead of its airing on today's show, and praises the Ninth Circuit for finding Prop 8 unconstitutional (again). Watch, after the jump. 

With a little help from his on-screen partner, Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet asked his Twitter followers an important question following the landmark Prop 8 ruling today: "How could you not want to see us tie the knot?" Well, NOM?

Though the Ninth Circuit's is the only one that matters (for now), it seems everyone has an opinion on today's landmark appeals ruling finding Prop 8 unconstitutional (again). Wade through the muck with some of our favorite reactions from both sides of the decision, after the jump!