TOPEKA, Kan. — A man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple is now being sued for child support by the Kansas Department of Children and Families.

According to legal filings, in 2009 William Marotta answered an ad on Craigslist posted by Angela Bauer and Jennifer Schreiner, a lesbian couple in Topeka, who were offering $50 per sperm donation.

GANEU TIKVA, Israel -- A teenage lesbian was attacked by a group of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students in Ganei Tikva in the center of the country on Sunday, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Wednesday.

The 17-year-old alleged that she was assaulted because of her sexual orientation and appearance. She told police that she encountered a group of students outside their yeshiva while she was walking in a religious neighborhood, after taking her bicycle to be repaired.

[UPDATE: The Daily Herald in Illinois is reporting that Pat Brady, chair of the Illinois Republican Party, is calling GOP lawmakers today to ask them to support marriage equality in the Land of Lincoln.]

CHICAGO -- Democratic State Sen. Heather Steans said Tuesday a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois will be heard by a Senate committee Wednesday night and a full Senate vote on a bill could come as early as Thursday.

“When the history books are written, 2012 will be remembered as the year when LGBT Americans won decisively at the ballot box,” said HRC President Chad Griffin, in a statement issued on the morning of Nov. 7.

Indeed, in 2012 voters across the country looked past sexual orientation and gender identity in electing their representatives, and in doing so, will send a record number of LGBT candidates to Washington and their state capitols.

On Nov. 6, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), became the first openly LGBT candidate to win election to the U.S. Senate.