Former Tory chairman Lord Tebbit has solved the grand mystery on the effects of legalizing same sex marriage in England. The world won't end, but the future queen could share the thrown with another woman, according to Tebbit.

Although a queer monarch would make for an interesting drama series, Tebbit's comments are no fiction, especially as he warns the public that legalizing gay marriage could lead to a lesbian queen and allow him to marry his son to avoid inheritance tax.

Tebbit, the former Conservative party leader, is dismayed at Prime Minister David Cameron's movement toward legalizing gay marriage in England. The issue is highly controversial and Tebbit warns that ministers have "f***ed up" by pressing for the bill and alienating Tory grassroots traditions.

Lord Tebbit made his comments in an interview with Big Issue magazine.

"It's like one of my colleagues said: we've got to make these same sex marriages available to all. It would lift my worries about inheritance tax because maybe I'd be allowed to marry my son. Why not? Why shouldn't a mother marry her daughter? Why shouldn't two elderly sisters living together marry each other?" Tebbit joked.

Some congregations of the Church of Scotland will be allowed to confirm gay ministers, if a vote passed Monday by senior officials moved forward successfully.

The faith is traditionally conservative, yet the General Assembly backed a referendum affirming gay clergy members at more progressive congregations.

Before the motion can become law, however, it must pass a General Assembly vote next year as well as a regional vote by the church's presbyteries. It's reported that the process could take up to two years.

Allowing congregations to confirm gay clergy if they want is a compromise of a long running debate on the issue that has split the church. Two congregations have left the church over the issue.

"This was a major brakthrough for the church but we are conscious that some people remain pained, anxious, worried and hurt," the assembly's moderator, Lorna Hood, told ABC News.

The brutal killing of a gay man in New York's Greenwich Village has many wondering if New York is no longer a safe place for gays.

Police say on Monday, May 20, suspect Elliot Morales yelled an anti-gay slur at 32-year-old Mark Carson before firing a single bullet point blank to Carson's face, killing him instantly.

Greenwich Village is long known as one of the most vibrant areas for LGBTQ people in New York. It has a long gay rights history and remained a hub for gay politics in America. In 1969, what became known as the Stonewall Riots began there and since annual pride parades have been held in cities around the globe.

Recent years and financial mobility in New York have resulted in a dynamic mix of communities in the area. Long evolving gentrification has given way to a mingling of gay and straight young professionals, older gays in long residence there, and urban youth from both New York and nearby New Jersey who see the Village as a vibrant hang out spot. What was once a gay underground turn center for political action is now residence for the trendy and home to those who found shelter and safety among the many gay businesses, bars and pedestrians.

It's difficult to say whether this shift is a contributor to the heinous act of violence, but the events of the crime do signal a criminal brazenness that have some wondering if New York is reverting to a pre-Stonewall sentiment toward LGBT people. I don't want to imply that since the Stonewall Riots, New York gained an immunity to homophobia or hate crimes. In fact, Stonewall merely highlighted an existing attitude that lingers among some New Yorkers, despite the city's progressive reputation. The murder of Mark Carson is the latest of many hate crimes at the hands of those that continue to see LGBT people as a threat.

Since Monday, thousands of people have gathered at the scene of the crime to give their respects and honored Carson's life with a new, yet familiar cry: "We're here! We're queer! Homophobia's got to go!"

Director Steven Soderbergh opened up about his new film based on the love life of Liberace.

Soderbergh says timing of the release of "Behind the Candelabra" is a coincidence and that he did not predict that the film would enter the Cannes Film Festival at the pinacle of the global push for same sex marriage. In fact, Soderbergh told a news conference that it took five years to raise the 25 million to make the film.

"In making the film, the socio-political aspect of it was not really in my mind but I was focused on ... trying to make this relationship as believable and realistic as we could," Soderbergh told a news conference," Soderbergh said.

"Behind the Candelabra" is based on the biopic by 18-year-old Scott Thorson (played by Matt Damon) and his life with flamboyant super celebrity and then 58-year-old Liberace (Michael Douglas). The story unfolds through Thorson's drug habit, financed by hocking jewelry given to him by his lover and Liberace's continuous sexual interests in other young men.

The film is one of 20 up for the top Palme d'Or prize for best picture.