As San Diego Pride approaches, we deserve to both celebrate and take stock of all that we do for our own equality and for the whole globe.

As I pointed out in a SDGLN, polls show that the LGBT community leads the nation in Green awareness, and our ethics embody the desire to save both nature and humanity from the rapidly growing dangers of a very real warming of the Earth’s climate.

Almost 20 years ago, the Hawaii State Supreme Court indicated same-sex couples might have the right to marry under their state constitution. In response, the U.S. Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that not only created an exemption to the Constitution’s Full Faith and Credit Clause by saying that other states wouldn't have to recognize marriages for same-sex couples (Section 2), but also defined marriage as between a man and a woman for the purposes of federal recognition (Section 3).

I’m not sure “Louie,” a new comedy on FX, will be a hit or not, but it has already provided a “must see” moment on television.

In Episode 2, Louie C.K. and his buddies are sitting around a table playing poker when the guys get around to grilling their gay friend about what he does in his private sex life. The seven-minute scene is one of the most provocative and astonishing moments in recent memory, especially when Louie asks his gay friend whether he was offended by the slur “faggot.”

Google deserves praise for its innovative plan to pay gay and lesbian employees using domestic partner health benefits more money than married heterosexual employees.

It’s a matter of fairness.

Let’s explain why.

Domestic partners pay more taxes on health benefits than heterosexual couples. The New York Times cited a study showing that gay and lesbian couples owe Uncle Sam about $1,069 more per year in taxes when they itemize their domestic partner benefits.

Google’s plan would make up the difference for gay and lesbian couples who work for the company.