-- Prison officials are preparing rules that will allow a prisoner to marry a same-sex partner, with one caveat. Both partners can't be in prison. "They will have the same marriage rights as other inmates -- they will be able to marry non-inmates, but barred from marrying other inmates in prison," a spokesman told AP.
-- A Belgian retiree and his male Senegalese domestic helper have been sentenced two years in a Senegalese jail because the pair got married in Belgium. They were accused of "acts against nature," even though the Belgian's lawyer said the civil union was simply a way to get the helper the papers he needs to live in Belgium.
-- Gay tourists aren't the only group that officials in South Carolina either discourage or refuse to welcome. Rules have also been enacted to discourage transient yacht owners from stopping there on their snowbird migration from north to south and Myrtle Beach is trying to keep motorcycle rallies out of their town.
-- The proposed GOP platform calls for a US constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and a continuing ban on gay service members.
-- Southern Decadence organizers announced Saturday afternoon that all remaining events have been canceled. Some New Orleans hotels are closing today because of the approaching Hurricane Gustav, forcing merrymakers in town for Southern Decadence to find other digs for the gay party weekend. But organizers say the busy weekend that drew 120,000 revelers last year will continue despite the storm -- including tomorrow's big parade.
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