Following the President's press conference that labeled the Boston bombings as an "act of terror," the White House lowered its flag to half mast. 

Yep. We'd watch that show. 

Our boyfriend can't even step out for the weekly shopping list we come up together without paparazzi following his every move. This time around, Zacky-poo was about to check off an item from the list in the colorful dildo aisle at Fantasy World sex shop in the West Village when a paparazzi caught him by surprise. Even his surprised herp-derp face is adorable! 

America, you have your first openly gay senator! That's right, it's official: the history books will remember today as the day that Tammy Baldwin was sworn in as our country's first LGBT senator.

Times they are a'changin'! 

(Image: SenateDems)

Putting the pressure on boyfriends around the world to try and top their engagement story, Marine Corps Captain Matthew Phelps and his partner Ben got engaged inside the White House this weekend. More details and another shot of the Kleenex-endorsed moment after the break.

Mario Lopez shows off his noel nalgas while putting the finishing touches on his Christmas tree in a photo tweeted by his wife, Courtney. Who knew Mario could top so well??

(Via Courtney Lopez's Twitter)

Meryl Schenker's photo of Larry Duncan and Randy Shepard, taken as they received their marriage license in Washington yesterday, has had more 12,000 shares on Facebook. It's easy to see why: the unconventional gay couple shatters stereotypes perpetuated by homophobes and anti-gay groups such as the Family Research Council not only in appearance, but in their 11 committed years together. 

When told that his "wedding photo" went viral online, Randy laughed and said, “That’s just who we are."

Congratulations, Larry and Randy!

Victory. 

This photo of President Obama and Vice President Biden sharing congratulations while the First Lady and Jill Biden do the same kind of sums up Election Night 2012, don't you think?

(Official White House photo)

They like us, they really like us!

Rising above the din of dissent emitted by groups like NOM and the AFA, a noise designed to distract Americans from their own evolutions, arrives an infographic courtesy of the Center for American Progress bearing a title that says it all: Marriage Equality is Now a Mainstream Value. 

Check out the full infograph after the jump.

A new infograph compiling numbers from the Williams Institute, the IRS, the Census and more shows that it's not only same-sex couples who are hurt by bans on marriage equality; as long as federal marriage rights are denied to gay couples, the U.S. economy misses out on $17 billion annually. 

Details follow. 

JoeMyGod points us to an alleged survey asking college students to select their sexual orientation. Of the choices: gay male, gay female, straight and...Chinese. 

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?