The Ring-A-Ding: ACLU on Phelps Side, Gay Activists Attacked at Riga Pride and Slovenia Joins the Growing Marriage Tide

Well, if we want civil rights and free speech for everyone, we have to make sure that everyone is protected. That means hateful, bigoted, stupid, ignorant, racist, homophobic, non-christian, and ugly people like Fred Phelps and his followers should have the same rights as the rest of us. Unfortunately. [365 gay]

Wow! In America, anti-gay protesters show up and hold signs or say mean things, but in Latvia they get nasty. Gay campaigners were attacked with eggs and bags of excrement as they aimed to quietly celebrate Riga Pride. Gross! [via Pink News UK]

Ok, now it is just getting ridiculous. Gays are being allowed to marry in countries that we couldn't even locate on a globe, but we can't do it here. Slovenia has passed a law legalizing same-sex marriages but put restrictions on the ceremony. They can get married they just can't let anyone know. It's the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy of Weddings.