California's ban on "ex-gay" reparative therapy has gotten its day in federal appeals court. 

Proponents and opponents of the ban had a hearing today in front of the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals. 

More after the jump.

California's ex-gay therapy ban has hit a road block. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the law that bans ex-gay therapy for minors and was scheduled to go into effect in January 2013.

Details after the jump.

A lesbian couple and an agnostic couple have lost their case according to a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The two couples filed suit claiming that the Boy Scouts of America ban gay, atheist, and agnostic scouts and scout leaders based on religious beliefs and are ineligible to lease government regulated land at a nominal rate. 

More on the Ninth Circuit's decision after the jump. 

The homophobic and ironically titled American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) has filed a brief demanding that the U.S. Supreme Court hear an appeal in the Ninth Circuit's ruling against Proposition 8. Details follow. 

The always classy Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (who's proven to be anti-pretty-much-everything) has shifted her focus to the gays in a particularly nasty way.

The Republican Governor has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that allows state employees to place their same-sex partners on their health insurance. Because, you know, we should die.

More after the jump.

Not everyone was as thrilled as we were by the Ninth Circuit's decision opposing California's Proposition 8.

The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), whose attorneys are part of the ProtectMarriage.com legal defense team (the proponents of Prop. 8), released a statement asserting their intent to take their case to the Supreme Court.

See what they have to say after the jump.

Paul Katami, one of the heroic Team Instinct members on the road right now with AIDS/LifeCycle 11, certainly got an extra boost today in the form of the Ninth Circuit filing.

Paul, along with his partner and fellow Instinct Leading Man Jeff Zarillo, is one of the plaintiffs represented by AFER in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger Prop 8 case. Earlier today as you surely already know, the Ninth Circuit filed a major decision to once again reject Prop 8 defendants. Instinct's Jeff Katz quickly caught up with Paul somewhere along the California coast on the Ride and got nothing short of a jubilant exclusive statement (and adorable victory picture you see above!). 

So, what does Paul have to say about today's filing? 

Updated 2:15 p.m. EST

As announced yesterday, the Ninth Circuit made a filing in the Prop 8 case, and, also as suspected, it dealt with the request by proponents for the Court to hear the case en banc.

Check out the filing details, community reactinos and more after the jump!

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.