The message being sent by the congressional delegates who didn't take part in this "It Gets Better" campaign (the Republicans, go figure) is nearly as loud as the message of those amazing allies who did lend their voices to the project. Watch New York City's U.S. House Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Ed Towns, Eliot Engel, Carolyn Maloney, Joe Crowley and Jose Serrano send a message of hope LGBT youth, after the jump!

The first Democrat has officially entered the race to fill the recently vacated seat of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords—and he’s playing for our team! More details on Rep. Matt Heinz and his announcement after the jump.

Grab your favorite anti-anxiety remedy (Xanax, two mimosas, a pair of tranquility balls to twirl in your hand—whatever it takes) and follow the jump to read news of a blood-boiling vote that just took place in the U.S. House. 

The conservative attempts to slow down DADT repeal progress that we warned you about earlier this week have been approved by the U.S. House. 

The new contract between the U.S. House and its new legal defense team starring Paul Clement in the case supporting the Defense of Marriage Act has surfaced... with one big chin-scratcher. 

The King & Spalding law firm dropped the GOP-controlled U.S. House's Defense of Marriage Act case last month; this week the National Rifle Association drops King & Spalding.

Yesterday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, hot off the fierce heels of President Obama's shocking start to the dismantling of DOMA, announced she will introduce legislation that aims to put the final nail in the discriminatory law's coffin in the Senate. 

Today, we learn that Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) will re-introduce similar legislation in the GOP-controlled House next week when Congress returns from break. (Note: Speaker John Boehner criticized President Obama's DOMA move, saying, "While Americans want Washington to focus on creating jobs and cutting spending, the President will have to explain why he thinks now is the appropriate time to stir up a controversial issue that sharply divides the nation.") Last year Nadler added 120...