Chris Christie made the keynote speech last night and seemed to forget he wasn't the one accepting the nomination. RNC convention attendees kept it classy by hurling nuts and racial epithets at a camerawoman. Rick Santorum still hates the gays, in other news the sun rose in the East. Its ok though, because Stephen Colbert details how the gays created Hurricane Isaac to stop the convention. Paul Ryan is the headliner tonight, so the Obama campaign threw a preemptive punch. Looking to understand how the GOP hasn't changed? Check out Ari Ezra Waldman's look at the Republican platform. At least there is one pro-equality face at the Republican Convention in the form of Chelsea Clinton.

In disturbing news, a gay couple is suing United Airlines, after being at the wrong end of a baggage handler's prank. Paul Babeu, the sheriff who tried to have his boyfriend deported, is one step closer to being re-elected. New Zealand is about to pass marriage equality and President Obama had a hand in it. Utah Senator Orrin Hatch made a break from Mitt Romney by siding with states' rights when it comes to gay marriage. Also, California has voted to ban barbaric gay 'conversion therapy' for minors.

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