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It's official : Designer Marc Jacobs is engaged to boyfriend Lorenzo Martone. Holy appeal : Amnesty International urges Pope Benedict XVI to condemn the criminalization of homosexuality in a meeting with African bishops in Cameroon today.

Meth and marriage : Disgraced former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard will appear with his wife, Gayle, on syndicated program Divorce Court on April 1. Same-sex marriage in dictionary : Merriam-Webster says it made the change in 2003, but hardly anyone seemed to notice.

Hate-crimes laws expanded in Scotland: New protections for sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability.

Guilty : Jurors in Brooklyn, N.Y., convicted teenager Omar Willock of murder on Wednesday in the 2007 stabbing death of Roberto Duncanson, a gay man. An initial hate-crimes charge had previously been dropped.

That one : An interview with Tennessee state senator Tony Shipley , who said that allowing gays and lesbians to adopt would incur the wrath of God.