President Obama Supports LGBT Inclusion For Immigration Reform Bill

Speaking tonight at a press conference in Costa Rica, President Obama endorsed including LGBT couples in the immigration reform bill currently before the Senate.

Obama says that recognizing same-sex relationships in the bill is "the right thing to do." But he says it would be premature to telegraph what he will or won't do before lawmakers send him a bill. Gay rights supporters are pushing for an amendment to the bill to allow gays to sponsor their partners to come to the U.S. But Republicans, including some who helped draft the bill, have made it clear that amending the legislation in that fashion would cost their support.

VIDEO: Antoine Dodson Explains How He's Always Loved The Art Of A Woman

Earlier today TMZ reported that viral video star Antoine Dodson has renounced his homosexuality and become a Jewish Black Israelite. Below is his interview with HuffPost Live. The crazy gets crazier as the clip goes on.

PHILADELPHIA: Boy Scouts To Vacate Rent-Free Local Headquarters

After years of legal battles, Philadelphia's local Boy Scouts group has agreed to abandon the city-owned building they've occupied rent-free for 85 years.  The city has agreed to pay the Boy Scouts $825,000 for physical improvements they made to the facility.

The group's rent-free use of the building came under fire after the Boy Scouts of America barred gays from membership. The city unsuccessfully sought to have the chapter evicted for violation of Philadelphia's anti-discrimination policies. Ultimately, the Cradle of Liberty Council decided that the battle was becoming a distraction and it was in the best interests of the city's boys who they were trying to recruit to put an end to it, the group's scout executive, Tom Harrington, said. "If anything, this is good news that will help us renew our focus on serving those youth," Harrington said.

The 17,000-member Philadelphia Boy Scouts group attempted to ban anti-gay discrimination in 2003, but was ordered to rescind that ban by the national organization.

Rhode Island Gives NOM The Sadz

"Children deserve to know and be cared for by a mom and a dad. This law will intentionally deny children one or the other. The full impact may not be seen next week or next year, but our children will be the ones who pay the price for this decision. Without robust legal protections to allow these faithful people and groups to maintain fidelity in the public square to their religious beliefs, we’re likely to see a raft of lawsuits and governmental action such as license revocations, fines and denial of governmental contracts to these faith-based groups and individuals." - NOM Rhode Island director Christopher Plante, riding the waambulance for Focus On The Family.

At Westboro's NBA Protest

Happy Place reports:

Meet homophobia's nemesis. All the anti-gay bigotry in the world is no match for the sheer fabulousness of a cute, skinny boy with ripped abs and tiny shorts wearing an American flag for a cape. In response to Jason Collins coming out, the irritating vermin of the Westboro Baptist Curch showed up on Wednesday to protest in Oklahoma City, where the Houston Rockets were playing the OKC Thunder in Game 5 of the NBA Quarterfinals.

(Via JMG reader Danny)

Janelle Monae - Q.U.E.E.N.

2.1M views in 48 hours. I posted the lyric clip last week.

Edith Windsor On Her "Ex-Gay" Therapy

"Nobody wanted to be queer. Right before we met, Thea had seen a great therapist, who thought, 'Well, maybe you could become heterosexual, but only with an awful lot of work and maybe never happily.' When I finished college, I went into therapy, and my father said, 'Honey, what’s wrong? I said, 'Daddy, it’s like graduate school, only the subject is myself.'" - Edith Windsor, interviewed by the New York Times.