Zach Wahls Makes Case For Equality At Obama Event: VIDEO

If Zach Wahls has never considered a career in politics, he should.

The 21-year old equality activist recently spoke at an Obama fundraising house party in San Francisco. And through his own personal narrative of being raised by two mothers, as well as his innate compassion and powers of persuasion, Wahls broke the 2012 election down into the black-and-white: one side wants freedom for all, while the other side will try their darndest to make 5% of the population look like bullies who want special rights - a direct reference to anti-gay organizer Brian Brown's claim that "power is being exercised by the minority".

Watch Wahls' rousing remarks AFTER THE JUMP.

News: Fiona Apple, Zach Wahls, Kato's 'Shocker', Cowboys

Eagle Scout Zach Wahls and over 11,000 other Americans are calling on Intel to stop donating money to the Boy Scouts of America: "Until the Boy Scouts of America removes this hurtful policy that is inconsistent with its own principles, they do not deserve the financial backing of companies that strive for workplace equality -- especially innovators like Intel." Lend Wahls a hand by joining the Change.org campaign.

Does objectifying Tim Tebow make it easier to swallow his right wing proselytizing?

Since the Dallas Cowboys didn't want to shell out the $275,000 to buy Cowboys.com, that domain is now a gay dating site - and it's open for business. Yee-haw!

GOP House Speaker John Boehner says all the fuss over videos of Mitt Romney denigrating nearly half the nation is just "hand-wringing."

Jeremy Hooper's clever commentary on all the actual right-wing hand-wringing about DADT's repeal.

Karl Lagerfeld takes back saying he doesn't like Pippa Middleton's face. He now says he just doesn't like her make-up.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fully expects the court to hear a case on the Defense of Marriage Act in the very near future. "I think it’s most likely that we will have that issue before the court toward the end of the current term," she said.

Mitt Romney should have started playing nice a long time ago.

Kato Kaelin now says that, yes, OJ Simpson murdered Nicole and Ron.

The marriage equality debate would be much easier if it were just about watching Doctor Who on Sundays.

Tom Ford and Anna Wintour attended an Obama fundraiser together in London. Just in case you're keeping tabs.

Composer Nathan Hall needs help to 'Tame Your Man'.

Rachel Maddow topped Bill O'Reilly - in Monday and Tuesday ratings, that is...

Can Marco Rubio save Mitt Romney's campaign?

Tommy Thompson, Tammy Baldwin's GOP opponent in the Wisconsin senate race, says Mitt Romney is to blame for his bad poll numbers: "If you're a standard-bearer for the presidency is not doing well, it's going to reflect on the down ballot."

On a related note, President Obama is ahead of Mitt Romney by 7 points in Wisconsin, according to Public Policy Polling.

A poll out of Maine shows pro-equality positions still in the majority, but the numbers are getting closer: 52-44, a far cry from the 20-point lead marriage equality had earlier this year.

Fiona Apple was arrested in Texas for having some hash.

LA Weekly has a great piece about the debate over whether discrimination really causes depression in minority groups.

Meanwhile, the latest edition of Perspectives on Psychological Science reports on a study showing that, yes, prejudice can cause depression: "This depression caused by prejudice -- which the researchers call deprejudice -- can occur at many levels. In the classic case, prejudice causes depression at the societal level (e.g., Nazis' prejudice causing Jews' depression), but this causal chain can also occur at the interpersonal level (e.g., an abuser's prejudice causing an abusee's depression), or even at the intrapersonal level, within a single person (e.g., a man's prejudice against himself causing his depression)."

Oh, good: another "invisible Obama" lynching.

Enjoy some "Glory Box".

Zach Wahls Gives Powerful DNC Speech About His Two Moms: VIDEO

Zach Wahls, YouTube sensation turned LGBT activist, offered a powerful speech at tonight's Democratic National Convention about being raised by two moms and the importance of recognizing and supporting all families.

Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...

Wahls' remarks:

I'm a sixth-generation Iowan, an Eagle Scout, and I was raised by my two moms, Jackie and Terry. People want to know what it's like having lesbian parents. I'll let you in on a little secret: I'm awesome at putting the seat down. Otherwise, we're like any other family. We eat dinner, we go to church, we have chores. But some people don't see it that way.

When I was 12, watching the 2004 Republican convention, I remember politicians talking about protecting marriage from families like mine. Now, supporting a view of marriage as between a man and woman isn't radical. For many people, it's a matter of faith. We respect that. Watching that convention on TV, though I felt confused, frustrated. Why didn't they think my family was a real family?

Governor Romney says he's against same-sex marriage because every child deserves a mother and a father. I think every child deserves a family as loving and committed as mine. Because the sense of family comes from the commitment we make to each other to work through the hard times so we can enjoy the good ones. It comes from the love that binds us; that's what makes a family. Mr. Romney, my family is just as real as yours.

President Obama understands that. He supports my moms' marriage. President Obama put his political future on the line to do what was right. Without his leadership, we wouldn't be here. President Obama is fighting for our families… all of our families. He has our backs. We have his.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

Zach Wahls to Speak at Democratic National Convention Thursday Night

Our favorite YouTube sensation/Iowan-with-gay-moms-turned-LGBT-activist Zach Wahls will be making a Democratic National Convention appearance.

Says Wahls via Twitter: "Thrilled to announce I'll be speaking at the #DNC12 tomorrow evening!"

Wahls recently recorded a video for Obama's reelection campaign in which he talks about the speech before the Iowa legislature which made him famous on YouTube, his two moms, and what President Obama's endorsement of marriage equality means to him, and his family.

Watch it again, AFTER THE JUMP...

Zach Wahls On Pro-Equality Tour Of Minnesota

Zach Wahls, the University of Iowa student whose speech before the Iowa House about his gay mothers became an instant viral video sensation, embarked yesterday on a week-long tour through Minnesota, where he hopes to persuade citizens to vote against a constitutional amendment prohibiting marriage equality.

On Top provides some details on Wahls' itinerary:

Wahls' first stop was the Minnesota State Fair, where he helped man the booth of Minnesotans United for All Families, the coalition of groups working against passage of the amendment. Later in the day, he spoke at the 19th annual Duluth Labor Day Picnic.

On Tuesday, Wahls will help launch the University of Minnesota Duluth group UMD Students United for All Families. And later in the week, he is scheduled to speak to students at St. Cloud State University and the University of Minnesota.

Wahls has since last year become one of the most visible pro-equality activists in the nation. He penned a book, My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family, has appeared on countless national television shows, including Ellen DeGeneres' talk show, has been instrumental in combating homphobia in the Boy scouts and recently toured Iowa to explain why the Hawkeye State is lucky to have marriage equality, and why such rights should be extended from coast-to-coast.

He's basically a superman for equality.

WATCH LIVE: Lambda Legal's Iowa Town Hall on Why Marriage Matters with Special Guest Zach Wahls

Lambda Legal is holding a virtual town hall at 1 pm ET at Drake University. The event, which features Sharon Malheiro, Founder and Board Chair, One Iowa, Jim Bennett, Midwest Regional Director, Lambda Legal, Donna Red Wing, Executive Director, One Iowa, and special guest Zach Wahls, is streaming live online.

Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...

In 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Lambda Legal’s lawsuit Varnum v. Brien striking down Iowa’s marriage ban and extending the freedom to marry to gay and lesbian couples. Since then, gay and lesbian couples in Iowa have been able to legally wed.

In response, well-funded antigay groups launched an outright attack on Iowa’s courts and the freedom to marry, resulting in the ousting of three well-respected Iowa Supreme Court justices during a retention election. This mean-spirited campaign was designed to intimidate judges in Iowa and across the nation and fuel a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of the judiciary in our democracy.