Louisiana judge rules for equality, Charlie Sheen wants back on Two and a Half Men, Andrew Rannells sings "Midnight Radio"

Sportscaster Dan Patrick thinks that the NFL won't suffer long because of the various domestic violence scandals because, well, they're the ones with the games. But at the same time, he sees a great opportunity as a society for discussion through sport. “In what other forum can you talk about homosexuality, race, religion, child abuse, domestic abuse? And we're doing that in sports. So I look at it as a positive. That it's something that's being discussed moving forward, and people want answers.”

A state judge in Louisiana has ruled the ban there unconstitutional on equal protection, due process, and because it involves an out of state marriage, the full faith and credit clause. The details of the ruling aren't public yet because it's an adoption case. You may recall a federal judge in Louisiana last month became the first federal ruling against equality.

The View's new conservative co-host Nicolle Wallace admitted she isn't a fan of Sarah Palin when Palin's statement on the reported family street brawl was brought up. “I worked for Sarah Palin. I have the political staffer version of PTSD, so whenever I hear that she's breaking her silence, my heart stops." Wallace doesn't really doubt the fight happened. “Sometimes with the Palins, it's exactly what it looks like. This was a family night out, it would appear. And one of the kids, one of the sons got into a fight and the family rushed to their defense, which is admirable up to the point when everyone is punching other kids in the face.”

The Philadelphia police have finished their investigation of the gay bashing that took place over a week ago with a large group allegedly beating up a gay couple while shouting slurs. Police said the investigation will result in arrests, but they took their time because all the alleged defendants hired private lawyers, and the case had to be solid or each lawyer would use the other's statements to pick apart the charges.

Remember a few years ago when Kirk Cameron went all Young Earth and said that if evolution was true we'd have weird bridge species like a fronkey or a crocoduck? He even produced a video about it. As luck would have it, scientists have found what is basically a crocoduck in the Spinosaurus. According to Paul Sereno at the University of Chicago, “It was a chimera: half duck, half crocodile. We don’t have anything alive that looks like this today."

Sometimes a fraternity can make a better, more supportive family for you when you come out than your own birth family. A nice, but sad reminder that families of choice are still a necessary thing, but they come in more varieties than they ever did in the past.

Following up on the discussion last week on whether the Supreme Court could hold petitions for cert indefinitely on marriage equality and keep the stays in place, Edith Windsor attorney Roberta Kaplan seems to think that declining to review any of the cases means the rulings stand and the stays lift. “Then marriages between gay couples could happen in a whole bunch of new states."

Saturday Night Live is denying rumors that Kenan Thompson is leaving the show at the end of the season, saying the report is “inaccurate as the season hasn’t even started and cast decisions aren’t made until the end of the season.” Of course, TMZ didn't say that the show was dumping him, it said he was ready to leave and Lorne Michaels convinced him to stay for this season because of all the turnover. Personally, I think it's past time. Kenan is a gifted performer, but all of his characters have gone stale for me and basically merged into one act.

Twitter has suspended an account called @RealNamePolice that seemed to be spearheading the reporting of drag queens and others on Facebook so that the accounts were suspended. While Facebook has not backed down on the real name policy it did admit that most of the suspended accounts in question were blocked because they were reported as offensive.

The Rockefeller Fund, with $860 million in assets, says that it's divesting itself of oil and fossil fuel investments and moving the money into green tech. It's interesting because the name Rockefeller is pretty much synonymous with oil. Increasingly investments and trusts have been under pressure to abandon fossil fuels, with some complying, and some, like Harvard, with their massive $32 billion endowment standing firm and chasing returns. They say the money isn't a tool for political or social change.

Pew Research wants people to take a quiz about what they know about religion and the teachings. So far of self identified groups, atheists and agnostics are scoring the highest.

Charlie Sheen thinks that he should get a chance to return for the finale of Two and a Half Men, despite his character being killed after an epic meltdown from the actor. “I’ve reached out to them and they’ve reached back. We’re trying to figure out what makes the most sense. If they figure it out like I’ve presented it to them and they want to include me in some final send-off, I’m available and I’m showing up early. If not, it’s on them.”

And now for a woman who had a third breast surgically added. I really have no comment.

Hipsters, your next Pabst Blue Ribbon will be lining the pockets of a Russian conglomerate. The ultimate faux blue collar beer, along with sub-brands like Strohs has been purchased by Oasis, meaning all the profits now go to Russia where most hipster politics wouldn't be welcome. Nor gay politics. Queerty is just thrilled that an alcohol company other than Stoli is associated with Russia so their Stoli Guy sponsor doesn't draw all the fire.

President Obama kicked off the new It's On Us campaign against sexual assault yesterday, and took time to include male rape victims and LGBT victims. “[W]hile these assaults overwhelmingly happen to women, we know that men are assaulted, too. Men get raped. They’re even less likely to talk about it. We know that sexual assault can happen to anyone, no matter their race, their economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity -– and LGBT victims can feel even more isolated, feel even more alone.”

Thrice married former French President France Nicolas Sarkozy decided to re-enter politics this week by decrying marriage equality in his country. “[The government is] humiliating families and humiliating people who love the family." He does admit that if he's re-elected, he wouldn't attempt to repeal the law.

In one of his more disgusting displays, Texas Governor Rick Perry used the death of Joan Rivers to try and advance his anti-choice agenda to impose strict requirements on women's health clinics. "Clearly, the will of the Texas Legislature — which I agree with — that it is a state’s right to put particular types of considerations into place, to put rules and regulations into place, to make a clinic be as safe as a hospital. It was interesting that, when Joan Rivers, and the procedure that she had done where she died, that was a clinic. It’s a curious thought that if they had had that type of regulations in place, whether or not that individual would be still alive.” First, the clinic Rivers used was certified as an ambulatory surgery center. And I have no doubt that the things that Joan is saying about Perry right now are making Jesus blush.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck thinks that people should have to pass a citizenship test in order to be allowed to vote. Because that worked out so well in the century after slavery was abolished.

Dylan O'Brien isn't impressed by being the rare male lead in a YA movie. He thinks it's fairly cliche in fact. As for how he stacks up against Katniss? He'd rather face a Berzerker without a baseball bat. Bonus points for being sure to add in a GIFable moment. He's a real pro.

I'd hope when I found the performance of Andrew Rannells doing "Midnight Radio" from Hedwig and the Angry Inch it would be from the show, but this stripped down studio version he did with Stephen Trask for the New York Times has a certain elegance to it.

Some churches, like the massive Southern Baptist Convention, are extremely proud of their anti-equality, anti-choice work. They frame it in terms of religious liberty and brag about it to their members as God's work their trustees are doing.

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