Not only has Rick Snatorum used the lackluster comparison of napkins and paper towels as a justification to denying gay couples marriage rights, he is now comparing the 10th amendments guarantee that a state can enact marriage equality if it wants too, to states having the authority to legalize slavery.

An openly gay high school student from Minnesota on Friday confronted GOP presidential hopefuls Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann during campaign appearances in Iowa, to challenge their positions on marriage equality and LGBT rights.

The former Secretary of State of Ohio, Ken Blackwell, (now a research fellow at the certified hate group the Family Research Council) wrote at Townhall.com on Monday regarding marriage equality and the diverse nature of those who are supposedly protecting traditional marriage.

The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday appealed a Montana District Court decision dismissing the same-sex domestic partnership case, Donaldson and Guggenheim v. State of Montana, to the Montana Supreme Court.

The LGBT movement is making progress, but it’s being seriously outspent by opponents and still has “a long way” to go to reach equality. That’s the conclusion of an in-depth analysis by an independent think tank.

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), meeting in Geneva on Monday, voted to grant UN accreditation to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) -- one of the oldest international organizations fighting for LGBT rights.

Lou Engle, a prominent preacher at the Kansas City-based International House of Prayer, recently said that homosexuals “might” have civil rights in America, but that “it is not their right given by God.”

Betty Ford, who had won the hearts and minds of her fellow Americans and earned a special place in history for her strong opinions, brutal honesty and advocacy regarding abortion rights, sex, gay rights, marijuana and the Equal Rights Amendment, passed away Friday.

Voters in Liechtenstein have overwhelmingly backed a new law giving gay and lesbian couples the right to formally register their partnership.

The City of Hazard, Ky., has suspended an employee for ejecting two gay men from a public recreational facility citing the Bible as his reason for doing so.

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday approved a resolution supporting equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation.

The Kentucky Equality Federation on Monday condemned Hazard, Ky., Pavilion for ejecting two gay men from their facility, because the Bible said they could.

Lady Gaga on Saturday evening wowed European audiences with a spectacular performance of her smash hit "Born This Way" and an encore of "Edge of Glory," the culmination of the massise EuroPride in Rome, Italy, in which she called on governments around the world to defend gay rights.

The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s LGBT civil rights organization, on Thursday announced its endorsement of President Barack Obama for re-election.

The majority of Christian Americans oppose the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, favor protecting LGBT people from discrimination, and support anti-bullying laws according to new polling released today by the Human Rights Campaign.