With same-sex marriage being legalized at such a rapid rate across the country, it stands to reason we'll be seeing an increase in same-sex weddings.

And you know the gays set a high bar, Instincters.

Saturday Night Live touched on this last night in a hilarious sketch that touched upon heterosexual anxiety over our inevitably flawless and meticulously planned same-sex weddings with a spoof commercial for "Xanax for Gay Summer Weddings."

Hell, even some of us gays may need a prescription. Watch after the jump!

We always cry at weddings, but bride Natasha Frost really wanted to make us sob. So, she handed her coveted bouquet over to her sister's unrecognized family in the hopes that Minnesota will one day soon support marriage equality. 

Video after the jump. 

Nordstrom is the latest retailer to get into the gay-inclusive mix, albeit a little more subtly than their counterparts like Gap and JC Penney.

Their latest ad for their Nordstrom Weddings department is titled "Nordstrom: The Ultimate Wedding Party" and it appears based on our count that two of these wedding parties are for gay couples.

Did we miss any? Let us know after the jump.

The Laurel Leader-Call of Jones County, Mississippi has defended itself in an editorial after facing a fallout from readers over a story on the wedding of a local lesbian couple. 

Wedding photographer Anne Almasy purchased a half page ad in Weddings Unveiled magazine, only to have her submission (the photo above of a lesbian couple on their wedding day) rejected by the publication. 

Thankfully, that's not where the story ended. More after the jump.

...but also supports military chaplains' religious right to not marry gay couples. Check out a synopsis and videos from possible Sec. of Defense Chuck Hagel at today's Senate confirmation hearings after the jump. 

President Obama's choice of pastor for the inaugural prayer may be about as bigoted as they come, but at least the venue hosting the event is making headlines for a very pro-LGBT decision. 

But we love trolleys!!

The owner of a popular Annapolis, Maryland  touring company, Discover Anapolis Tours, has decided to get out of the wedding business in order to show his opposition to marriage equality. 

More after the jump. 

An question of etiquette posed to the New York Times this week has gone viral in both straight and gay online social circles.

Similar in scope to the controversy West Hollywood's The Abbey bar sparked by banning bachelorette parties, a loving same-sex partner's consideration of boycotting his niece's inevitable wedding is based on fairness and awareness. But is a loved one's wedding the best time to make a political statement? Follow the jump to check out the question facing the New York Times and let us know how you'd respond in the comments. 

Culture Secretary Maria Miller announced plans to introduce a marriage equality bill in Britain next year, but revealed that the Church of England and Church in Wales will be prohibited from participating. 

Same-sex couples in Washington state officially began tying the knot just after midnight this morning!

More after the jump.

If the desire to see their fellow citizens treated equally doesn't motivate voters and lawmakers in states around the U.S. to support marriage equality, perhaps the influx of revenue that Maryland, Maine, and Washington are about to bring in from the gays will make them a little more amenable to the idea!

The Williams Institute at UCLA has just released their estimates for the minimum generated income same-sex marriage will bring to those three states and it's enough to make any state proudly wave a rainbow flag!

Details after the jump!