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The gay marriage ruling we've all been waiting for could finally come tomorrow. Until then, you can watch and listen as every politician and political wonk weighs in, mostly favorably, giving the gay community the boost it needs.

Today we heard from Alaska's Lisa Murkowski, who became the third GOP senator to publicly support marriage equality. The Atlantic's Molly Ball projected six favorable resolutions for the case, attributing them to Democratic lawyer David Boies, who represents the petitioners. And finally, new studies are trickling in to suggest that most Americans would welcome marriage for all.

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Who else is going to buy a Liza Minnelli ice sculpture???

In a city awash in all things gay, perhaps nobody is waiting for the Supreme Court's June ruling on Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, more than wedding planners.

In fact, many San Francisco businesses are pretty well-versed on planning gay weddings, since they've been assisting same-sex marriage ceremonies all along, albeit on a smaller scale.

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It's June!

Equality California, an LGBT advocacy group, released a new poll yesterday that will give the gay community something to celebrate this month alongside gay pride: Majority of likely California voters now support same-sex marriage.

The poll shows that of the 800 likely voters surveyed in 2013, 55 percent said they like the idea of same-sex marriage, a generous increase from 42 percent in 2007.

What's more, the poll indicated that support among Republicans increased by 12 percent between 2009 to 2013. In addition, there was a 17 percent increase in support among 45 and 65 year olds, and African Americans seem to be coming around to the notion of gays tying the knot, according to the poll.

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If you were shocked to learn that Utah is gayer than us,then you will probably feel a little confused, anxious, let down, etc. to learn that the state of Mississippi has more same-sex couple raising kids than any other state in the nation. In other words, they are not fleeing to the states that allow same-sex marriage.

Now might be a good time to remind readers that Mississippi was ranked one of the top 10 worst states to raise a kid period.

Now for your burning question: WTF?

A new study by the Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA, released this very insightful and somewhat curious infographic that shows states that have a constitutional amendment on same-sex marriage are the very locations where gays are opting to raise their kids.

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Savecalifornia.com

It's that time of the year when Save California, a "family values group" (aka anti-gay group) begs parents to keep their kids home from school today so as to not expose the children to anything related to Harvey Milk, the gay rights activist who was assassinated at City Hall in 1978.

Today would be his 83rd birthday, and to honor Milk, California public schools plan to teach students all about the contributions of the city's first openly gay supervisor. And that really freaks Save California out. The "pro-children" group has been running controversial radio ads, asking rhetorical questions like "why is a predator of teens being honored in schools?"

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Ryan Andresen

Later this month,the Boy Scouts of America's National Council will whether to ban banning gays, and already Eric Andresen, the father of Ryan Andresen, a East Bay boy scout who was denied his Eagle Award because he's gay, is motivating the masses.

Later today, Eric Andresen will gather with other supporters at San Francisco City Hall for a short rally urging the BSA to put an end to its discriminatory policy against gay youth. He will be joined by Scouts for Equality founder Zach Wahls and fellow Scouts and Scout leaders in San Francisco.

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Bradley Manning

If Bay Area peaceniks had their druthers, the whole SF Pride Manning-gate imbroglio would end tonight. Pride board members are scheduled to have a meeting at 7 p.m., at which point they'll probably discuss the issue and make a final decision on whether to reinstate Bradley Manning as a grand marshal in absentia.

If they do, says San Francisco attorney David Waggoner, then everything else will fall into place: Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg will march in place of Manning, the queer U.S. soldier accused of passing along classified information to Wikileaks. Manning's trial starts in June.

If Pride doesn't back down, Waggoner says, Manning-gate could get resolved in San Francisco Superior Court.

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Likes to drink and drive, but hates men breastfeeding

San Francisco's favorite inebriate, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, spent his weekend trashing Rhode Island for legalizing gay marriage. Remember, this is the same guy who said gay marriage was as possible as male breastfeeding, which by the way, is possible.

Clearly, he's confused.

According to news reports. Cordileone, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, described the Rhode Island law as "a serious injustice" and went on to say that it's bad for the children, who deserve a mother and a father no matter what.

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The face of your movement?

Alas, it doesn't appear Jason Collins will be the grand marshal of the Pride parade. Neither will Bradley Manning who, depending on how you see it, is either a whistleblower or an accused traitor (or, perhaps, a combination of both).

Manning's suitability as a role model would be a wonderful topic for a panel debate. But there's no argument that Pride's convoluted invitation and disinvitation two-step came off abysmally. It reeked of a half-assed attempt to be controversial countered too late by an obsequious kowtow to the festival's corporate backers. But instead of canceling each other out, these moves formed an interference wave and backfired even bigger.

But this only epitomizes Pride's awkward paradox. With humble roots as "Gay Freedom Day," Pride is now a city institution -- complete with corporate sponsors and built-in expectations of doling out hefty sums of money to other city nonprofits while drawing millions of free-spending visitors.

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Jason Collins in action

"Who's Jason Collins?"

For many, that was the predictable retort to the headline news -- and Sports Illustrated rollout -- of the announcement that Jason Collins is gay.

Locals may remember Collins from his days at Stanford, where he and his brother, Jarron, formed the first -- and lesser -- set of 7-foot twins on the Cardinal basketball squads. A hardworking veteran of six teams in 12 years, Jason Collins wasn't a household name yesterday. And while he may be tomorrow, he apparently isn't yet today.

When SF Weekly phoned SF Pride today and asked if it planned to pivot out of the self-inflicted mess of inviting and summarily disinviting accused Wikileaker Bradley Manning to be its parade Grand Marshal by extending an invitation to Collins, we were met with silence.

And then: "Who's Jason Collins?"

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Jason Collins Comes Out

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