The by all accounts surprising selection of Argentinian Cardinal Bergoglio as Pope Francis has left many a jaw dropped around the world. Unfortunately, Bergoglio's homophobic history isn't as shocking. 

Follow the jump for some early reactions to Pope Francis from the LGBT community and beyond. 

The National Organization's sugar daddy has really come through this time as the anti-gay group announces a $500,000 donation that will go to its hate fest in front of the Supreme Court next month. 

The National Organization for Marriage, which, besides having it in its name, kept its anti-gay battles limited to marriage to stay away any evidence of animus. Until now. NOM has officially (and for the first time) untethered itself from battling same-sex marriage to become a general anti-gay hate group. How's that for animus?

Updated Thursday 2:30 p.m. PST

NOM President Brian Brown responded to revelations that he was paid $500,000  for his work heading up the anti-marriage equality organization.

See what he had to say after the jump!

The National Organization for Marriage has unsurprising bedfellows in the Westboro Baptist Church, which has today filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court's Proposition 8 case. 

Twenty10, an Australian LGBT youth group, hoped to lend a helping hand and listening ear to attendees of the Rediscover the River Festival in Parramatta, New South Wales. But after festival organizers noticed the gay-positive signage Twenty10's plan to support LGBT-youth were squashed. 

Brian Brown, puppet for the Vatican's anti-gay motives, regurgitates his anti-civil-rights talking points in an unsurprisingly shrill reaction to President Obama's second inauguration. Prepare your eyes for rolling and follow the jump for your daily dose of asshattery. 

Is the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) done for? The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) certainly seems to think so. 

Uh oh, them's fightin' words!!

See what the HRC has to say on NOM's impending demise after the jump!

We had hoped NOM's promotion of Matt Barber's call for the death of gays was the lowest it could go in its campaign against Rhode Island marriage equality. But it gets worse. 

After a morning of high profile headlines on gay publications such as yours truly, the National Organization for Marriage has deleted its web-page promoting Matt Barber's belief that gays should be put to death. 

There is a small but YouTube-friendly group of French gay men who are opposed to marriage equality rights in France that have banded together to fight the country's pending legislation. Banding together under the name Homovox, the group has released videos on YouTube detailing their opposition to civil equality—videos which the National Organization for Marriage of course has copy + pasted into their own materials here in the States. 

The National Organization for Marriage won't take civil rights support from republican leaders in Illinois lying down (they prefer doggy style, we hear). In response to Wednesday's big news that Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady has thrown his weight behind marriage equality, NOM has pledged $250,00 to his defeat as well as the defeat of any pro-gay GOPer in the state.