A new poll from the Washington Post finally puts the hard numbers behind what the LGBT community has suspected for quite some time: America's tea baggers really, really want to limit the scope of federal government...except when it comes to letting the federal government into our bedrooms. In that case, tea baggers are completely supportive of big government keeping big homos away from civil marriage equality.

Try to wrap your minds around those logistical hoops with more deets on WaPo's new poll 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. 

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa chose to celebrate "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" by joining the handful of other big-city lawmakers before him in condemning the hate group fast food chain. 

So, what does L.A.'s mayor have to say about Chick-fil-A?

Perhaps the National Organization for Marriage should've asked big corporations based in Minnesota to stay out of the fight against civil rights sooner? One day after NOM sent a letter to MN businesses, General Mills has decided to disobey the anti-gay group and has come out in opposition to the constitutional amendment that seeks to ban marriage equality in Minnesota. 

As we wait with bated breath for any word out of the ABC News interview with President Obama, the alphabet network is spreading the news that Mitt Romney has reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage and civil unions today in Colorado. 

Everything about Amendment One is shady, all the way down to the ballots being handed out today as North Carolina's voters decide the fate of the anti-gay measure. How shady? Early reports of voter fraud are erupting out of areas with voters largely opposed to the homophobic amendment. Go figure.

Details follow.

It's just good manners to respect the word of a queen in a tiara, so we certainly hope that voters will oblige Miss North Carolina Hailey Best's last-minute request to defeat Amendment One at the voting booth.  

Jason Mraz has joined Chelsea Clinton in the unofficial celebrities we love fighting North Carolina's Amendment One campaign that we created in our heads.

TV megachurch pastor Joel Osteen reiterated his belief that gays are sinners during an appearance on Fox News yesterday with Chris Wallace. But, hey, he thinks we're some of the "nicest people in the world," so there's that! Thanks for throwing us a bone, Joel!

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The American Academy of Pediatrics has injected its invaluable authority into the debate over Missouri's hideous "Don't Say Gay" bill. So, what does the Academy have to say to Show Me State homophobes?

The attempt to ban marriage equality, civil unions and domestic partnerships in North Carolina faces new criticism today as Governor Bev Perdue lends her voice to the opposition. Details and video follow.

President Obama continues his glacially paced evolution toward a fully supportive marriage equality advocate from North Carolina to Minnesota in a new statement released today. Details follow.