Herman Cain Says Being Gay is a Choice and Wants to See the Science That Proves Otherwise: VIDEO

Herman Cain, frontrunner in many of the latest GOP 2012 straw polls, was asked by Joy Behar this morning how he could think being gay is a choice when so many people are vilified for it.

Said Cain: "You show me the science that says that it's not. Could be persuaded. Right now it's my opinion against the opinion of others who feel differently. That's just a difference of opinion."

Cain went on to add that he wouldn't allow his personal opinions to get in the way of running the country, and also repeated his intention to reinstate 'DADT'.

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Think Progress LGBT adds: "The American Psychological Association, the world’s largest association of psychological professionals, describes sexual orientation as 'a complex interaction of environmental, cognitive and biological factors.' There is considerable evidence to suggest that biology, 'including genetic or inborn hormonal factors,” plays a significant role in a person’s sexuality.'"

VP Joe Biden, Megyn Kelly, DNC Respond to GOP Debate Booing of Gay Soldier: VIDEOS

The boos during the question from the gay soldier during last week's GOP debate are still resonating.

Today, VP Joe Biden appeared on The View and called the booing "reprehensible" and Joy Behar scolded the panel for not speaking up or chastising the audience.

FOX News Anchor Megyn Kelly, one of the debate moderators, took exception to Behar's condemnation, suggesting that the audience was booing the question and not the soldier.

Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee is making hay of the incident in a new attack ad against the GOP.

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Patti Stanger Apologizes, Then Repeats Her Poisonous View of Gay Relationships to Joy Behar: VIDEO

After issuing an apology, Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger appeared on Joy Behar's show last night to do damage control over what she said about gay men on Watch What Happens Live.

Unfortunately, she pretty much doubled-down on those remarks.

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Stanger says that people missed the point on WWHL, that she was offering advice on an L.A.-specific gay relationship.

“Whether you're straight or gay, that's player town. Did I say all gays? I said the gays in Los Angeles.”

Stanger then tried to explain her advocacy work on behalf of gay men:

"For five years I have put gay dating on the map. Nobody ever did this. There was no LOGO then. And I did the NoH8 campaign, I was an advocate for gay marriage, I stood up there for my gay friends. I've got more gay friends than Carter has pills."

She then negates her L.A.-specific excuse by asserting that gays "all around the country" are shallow, sex-first, relationship-later individuals, and then insults the gay community on marriage.

Says Stanger to Behar (my transcript):

"In the show when we do the mixers, the guys are passing around the telephone numbers, they're sleeping with each other, even affter the millionaire gets the date he's sleeping with the pool of people. My (gay) friend...says 'Patti this is what it's like around the country.' This is the gay community. I said, 'I'm trying to curb them.' Now this is not the lesbian. The lesbian gets involved. They move in together. They're quiet. They're at peace. But the gay men. They whip it out at eyelock. They get involved, and then they find out later whether or not they want a serious relationship. And I hope they use the privilege in New York of gay marriage, because now they have it. And a lot of gays aren't getting married, even though they have the privilege."

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Stanger and Bravo both released apologies earlier in the day.

Said Stanger: “I am so sorry.  I did not mean to offend anyone with my comments last night on Watch What Happens Live.”

Said Bravo: “Bravo regrets the comments expressed by Patti Stanger on Watch What Happens Live last night.  Her comments are not representative of the network’s beliefs and opinions.  We apologize for the offense it caused.”

Joy Behar Talks to Chaz Bono and Lacey Schwimmer About Anti-Trans Right-Wing Attacks: VIDEO

Joy Behar talks to Chaz Bono about why he joined Dancing with the Stars, losing weight, hate mail and death threats over the 'controversy', Dr. Keith Ablow and his offensive FOX News editorial, how they'll identify him on the show (author and activist), Cher, and how his dancing is going.

Says Chaz of Ablow: "He's not one of my favorite authors so I don't read him...He's got an agenda so he's jumping all over this to further himself and his career."

They are joined by Chaz's dance partner Lacey Schwimmer, who says some of her fans disagree with the fact that she is dancing with Chaz, but she's not focusing on the negative.

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Kristin Chenoweth Talks About Being Christian and Pro-Gay: VIDEO

Kristin Chenoweth tells Joy Behar that it's okay to be Christian and pro-gay. They also have a great discussion about Glee, politicians who use religion, bullying, and Chaz Bono on Dancing With The Stars, and her new sitcom Good Christian Belles.

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(thanks to dave evans for the clip)

News: Queer Planet, Perry's Past, Cuba, Tina Fey

Rick Santorum vows to never give up his anti-gay social conservatism. Does that include his post-2012 life? Because, you know, he is not going to win the Republican presidential nomination.

This is cool: "A planet orbiting a distant star is darker than coal, reflecting less than one percent of the sunlight falling on it...  The strange world, TrES-2b, is a gas giant the size of Jupiter, rather than a solid, rocky body like Earth or Mars, astronomers said."

On Fidel Castro's 85th birthday, transgender woman and gay man wed.

Hoorah! Prague celebrates first gay pride.

Sarah Palin claims she's still considering a presidential run. Honestly, I don't think that's going to happen. She just likes the attention.

These pussies look so angry, embarrassed and confused.

A run down of Rick Perry's anti-gay past.

Scene from the Ames Straw Poll: "It's tough to get inside Michele Bachmann's tent at the Ames Straw Poll. Just a few yards away from Herman Cain's headquarters, where you can walk right up and grab a slice of Godfather's Pizza, the line stretches well out the door—and it's moving especially slowly because only Bachmann supporters are allowed in." Sounds like a horror show -- with pizza!

After 29 years together, Joy Behar and her beau have married.

Tina Fey has a new baby, a girl named Penelope Athena, which is a truly awesome name.

American contractor Warren Weinstein reportedly kidnapped in Pakistan.

Lindsay Lohan gets bloody for photographer Tyler Shields.

HRC's pro-gay bus tour is underway in Utah.

You may have heard this, but Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain loves Donna Summer. And yet he hates the gays...

U.S. officials are worried that Yemen-based Al-Qaeda operatives want to use the toxin ricin to attack nation, but the group is having trouble: "These officials also note that ricin's utility as a weapon is limited because the substance loses its potency in dry, sunny conditions, and unlike many nerve agents, it is not easily absorbed through the skin. Yemen is a hot, dry country, posing an additional challenge to militants trying to produce ricin there."