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Gay rights activists and gay veterans, including former Army lieutenant Dan Choi and former Marine corporal Evelyn Thomas, handcuff themselves to the fence of the White House during a protest November 15, 2010. Credit: Getty Images. Despite a series of toxic and prejudicial efforts from the Senate Republicans—a group that is now poised to become the most reprehensible legislative voting block since 1994 (or maybe 1933?)—and despite the spurious prognostications of Poisonous Turtle John McCain (who called this “a very sad day” for our country) and designated hate group leader Tony Perkins (who has vowed to “wreak vengeance” on G.O.P. Senators who voted in favor of the repeal), the idiotic and chronically inelegant Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (Dadt) policy responsible for ruining the lives and livelihoods of 13,500 volunteers of the armed forces over the past 17 years has finally been overturned. Our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters will soon be able to serve,...

Sorry, Carrie Prejean. You may have managed to retain your title of Miss California, but there will be no day in your honor in your hometown. TMZ reports that proposed plans to make June 1 Carrie Prejean Day in San Diego, California—where the beauty queen lives—were shot down pretty quickly and handily on Thursday. Vista Unified School District board members voted almost unanimously—with one holdout—to scrap the idea, in a debate that lasted only 45 minutes. According to NBC San Diego, Prejean's public opposition to gay marriage factored into the debate. During the hearing, Evelyn Thomas, director of a local Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered coalition,.