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Humping Day Is Here!

The Illinois Senate will vote tomorrow — Valentine's Day — on whether to legalize marriage equality. Fingers crossed!

The American Family Association doesn't want gay corpses in Arlington National Cemetery. Wow.

A sea slug that is able to detach, re-grow and then re-use its penis has surprised scientists. Obviously.

Is this true? Maybe? Maybe not. Pope Benedict resigned to avoid arrest and the seizure of the church's wealth.

Teen Tournament champion Leonard had the best Final Jeopardy answer ever. Awesome. Totally awesome.

Russian coach blames gays for Olympic wrestling being axed. Sorry, heteros! (Just kidding, we're not sorry.)

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has photographed a shiny, metallic-looking object that bears a passing resemblance to a door handle or a hood ornament. Neat!

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