Bil Browning, The Bilerico Project, reported that Stan Solomon, the campaign manager for Republican teabagger Marvin Scott's 7th congressional campaign, has been tweeting incredibly offensive anti-gay and xenophobic statements, Indiana Stonewall Democrats issued a statement calling for Solomon's termination.

Marsha Ternus, the chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, is unopposed in her bid for reelection this November. It will probably be the toughest campaign of her life.

Ternus, along with two of her colleagues on the court, find themselves in a situation rarely encountered by appointed judges in the United States. They are the targets of an organized effort to turn a judicial retention election — a simple “yes” or “no” vote on whether an initially appointed judge should remain on the bench — into a political battle.

VONORE,Tenn. — Carol Ann Stutte and her partner, Laura Stutte, are afraid to return alone to what is left of their Vonore home in Monroe County.

After being victims of an arson and having the word “queers” spray painted on their garage, the lesbian couple is fearful for their safety.

“We would love to stay (in the area),” Carol Stutte said Friday. “But we will never, never rebuild (on that property) again. I take someone with me constantly — one or two people to make sure I'm OK while I'm up there.”

The latest victory for gay rights comes to us from Riverside, Calif., the birthplace of Don Imus and navel oranges.

Approximately 440 miles south of Castro Street in San Francisco, the County of Riverside went for President Barack Obama in 2008 by just 15,000 votes, but voted "Yes on 8" by a margin of almost 200,000 votes. It was here that the Log Cabin Republicans, the GOP's gay group, brought a constitutional challenge to the military’s "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy. And, they won!