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 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.

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.

Legal teams in the Prop. 8 trial made what is expected to be their last appearance before the Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals this afternoon, with plaintiffs explaining why videotapes of the Proposition 8 trial should be publicly accessible and why Proponents’ motion to vacate judgment is meritless. Get the details of what happened inside the court after the jump.

Beginning shortly at 2:30 p.m. (PST) today, the plaintiffs in the Prop. 8 case will go before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, for what is believed to be the final time. Lawyers will be presenting oral arguments explaining why the videotapes of the Prop. 8 trial should be publicly accessible and why Proponents’ motion to vacate judgment is meritless.

You can listen to the arguements live via  www.kqednews.org and www.kqed.org/news/

We'll, of course, bring you a wrap up of today's events following the hearing, so keep checking back with instinctmagazine.com!

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Well that was a short-lived victory. Find out how and why the military’s ban on openly gay servicemembers has been reinstated and what it means for the eventual repeal, after the jump.