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.