Openly gay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., offered specifics—but did not apologize—after referring to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as a "homophobe," according to EDGE Boston. Frank said to Boston's WBZ, "What a 'homophobe' means is someone who has prejudice about gay people," and that, based on Scalia's opinions, "he's angry, frankly, about the existence of gay people."
In New York City, 16-year-old John Katehis has reportedly confessed to the fatal stabbing of radio journalist George Weber, 47, the New York Post reported. Katehis apparently responded to a Craigslist ad in which Weber offered to pay him $60 for sex. The Post article added that Katehis—a Satan-worshipping teen with a girlfriend and a propensity for violence—stabbed Weber as many as 50 times.
The Hawaii Senate has rejected an effort to force a vote on same-sex civil unions, the AP reported. This development essentially killed the measure, even though a majority indicated it supports the unions. Senate Judiciary Chairman Brian Taniguchi said the bill could be amended and revived, but probably not until next year.
The publication of gay magazine Genre will be suspended due to the ongoing recession, according to AllHeadlineNews.com . CEO David Unger has said that the monthly magazine is taking a respite. Genre was launched in 1991 as a quarterly magazine focused on LGBT life.
The president of the NAACP's Cincinnati, Ohio, chapter has appointed Chris Finney, an anti-gay attorney, to its board, according to 365Gay.com . Finney wrote Article 12, a 1993 city charter amendment that prohibited city officials from passing laws that protected gays and lesbians; however, the measure was repealed in 2004.
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