Page1 Consider (03/09)

Only in America: A death row inmate at Ohio State Penitentiary has had his execution postponed because he tried to kill himself on Sunday, just hours before he was to be driven to his execution. Ohio authorities are now waiting for Lawrence Reynolds Jr., 43, who was sentenced to die for killing his neighbor in 1994, to feel better before they ... kill him lethal injection. (Cleveland Leader)

Keep Your Story Straight: Oh, this is rich: a legislator in Florida wants to ban gay film and television characters. No wonder Sean Hayes took his sweet time to come out. (La Daily)

Congressional Issues: The case of recently resigned upstate New York representative Eric J. Massa just keeps getting weirder and weirder. First he said he was quitting because of a cancer flare-up. Then he said it had something to do with using "salty" language in the office. Now he's admitting he had "an inappropriate exchange" with a male aide during another staff member’s wedding in January while the two were sitting at a table. He said he grabbed the aide, joked about having sexual relations with him and mussed his hair before getting up and leaving. (HUH?) Now he said in a radio interview over the weekend that Democratic Party leaders were out to get him and that Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, was the “son of the devil’s spawn" who tried to pick a fight with him while naked in the House gym. (HUH?) "I am sitting there showering, naked as a jaybird, and here comes Rahm Emanuel, not even with a towel,” Massa said, adding that Emanuel poked “his finger in my chest, yelling at me at me because I wasn’t going to vote for the president’s budget.” He continued: “You know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man?” Is it any wonder why Dems can't get anything done -- he's one of us! (NYT)

Golden Oldies?: Did you know that the infamous case -- that tort-reformists and late-night comedians love to talk about -- of the woman who sued McDonald’s after she was scalded by too-hot coffee was actually brought by a 79-year-old woman who was hospitalized with severe injuries? (NYT)

Unhappy Ending?: It appears the three defendants in the Dupont Circle murder case of Robert Wone have finally "split," and one is offering "sensual massages" in Florida. (Who Murdered Robert Wone?)

The White Party: Gay men rejoice: Betty White will be on "Saturday Night Live." Now if only her Facebook friends could do something about making that show funny. (Runnin' Scared)

Yep, I'm a Cocksucker: Anti-gay state Sen. Roy Ashburn, who was arrested on suspicion of DUI last week after picking up a guy in a gay bar in Sacramento, finally admitted he was gay yesterday -- and had the audacity to say he voted against his fellow 'mos to appease his working-class California district. (NYDN)

Better Off Fred?: The Supreme Court will review whether anti-gay protests at funerals of American soldiers -- like those led by Westboro pastor Fred W. Phelps Sr. -- are protected by the First Amendment. (WaPo)

Gay Bait: In his new memoir Karl Rove doesn't mind discussing his mother's suicide, yet says nary a word about his pierced gay dad. (EDGE Boston)

Ally With Abs: Scott Herman, fitness guru and "Real World" alum, has a few words of support for the LGBT population -- and he looks really hot saying them. (WickedGayBlog)

Virginia Is for Haters: The attorney general of Virginia wants colleges to end all protections for gays. First the governor and now this. Is there just no end to how big of asshole politicians in Virginia can be? (WaPo)

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