Ronald Dominique has plenty of time - and blood - on his hands.

A judge yesterday sentenced the Louisianian to eight consecutive life sentences for raping and murdering a number of men. Dominique previously confessed to killing nearly two dozen, but only pleaded guilty to killing eight. And his tactics were especially sick:

…Dominique lured his victims with the promise of sex in exchange for money, or by showing them a picture of a good-looking woman, supposedly his wife, and saying he wanted them to have sex with her.

Once he got them to his house, he would ask to tie them up.

If they refused, he allowed them to leave. If they agreed, he raped and then strangled or suffocated them.

Many of his victims' bodies were found dumped in sugar cane fields, often without shoes, a connection that helped police tie the cases together.

Dominique's killing spree went on for ten years. You can be sure he'll be included in the next installment of Cold Bitches…

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal will let a piece of gay inclusive legislation die this week:

An anti-discrimination order put in place by former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco four years ago won't be renewed by Gov. Bobby Jindal when it expires Friday.

The order - enacted by Blanco on Dec. 6, 2004 - bars state agencies and contractors from various sorts of harassment and discrimination by race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation or disabilities.

Jindal said Wednesday that discrimination is prohibited under state and federal laws and he doesn't want to create more special categories by executive order. He also said he worried it could cause problems with faith-based organizations' ability to contract with the state…

Good thing Jindal swore last weekend that he would not run as John McCain's vice-president, as many have suggested.

We're in the home stretch of primary season, but that doesn't mean all's well in the Democratic party. Aside from Hillary Clinton's commendable tenacity, and the din of her vocal, though dwindling supporters, there's a new tussle a brewing: the delegate selection tussle.

Many state parties have shown resistance to the Democratic National Committee's Shay Amendment, a measure that set so-called "gay goals." These numeric marks were set to help each state or territory include gay people in their overall delegate camp. Unfortunately, things haven't worked out quite as planned. And, if you haven't read part one, you'd better catch up.

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HRC's Joe Solmonese came out to fight for the Jena Six.

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There have been so many twists and turns in the Mark Foley scandal that we nearly forgot it all started with some emails from a lad in Louisiana. So, how important is said lad? Apparently not at all.

Testifying before the House Ethics Committee yesterday, Louisiana Representative Rodney Alexander insisted that while the boy received emails from Foley, he knew nothing of Foley's other contacts. The New York Times reports:

Representative Rodney Alexander, Republican of Louisiana, said Wednesday that the page, who lives in his district, was not familiar with Mr. Foley’s pattern of conduct and should not be a focal point of the investigation.

“His parents have been almost physically sick about the attention that he’s gotten,” said Mr. Alexander, speaking to reporters after testifying for three hours before the House ethics committee. “We just look forward to the committee continuing their investigation, and hopefully this will come to a conclusion.”

The former page, who told a Congressional aide that Mr. Foley’s request for his photograph was “sick, sick, sick, sick,” has not been identified and has not spoken publicly about the case.

One has to admire this kid's ability to keep mum. If we started a scandal that threatened to take down key members of the government, we'd be all over the television, radio, newspaper, and maybe even a billboard. But that's just us.

Apparently, he just wants to put this whole Mark Foley thing behind him. We're sure Mark Foley wants to be behind him, as well.

In related news, after extensive interviews, the FBI still hasn't found any evidence proving Foley broke federal sex crime laws. Never fear, though, prosecutors still have about two months to decide how to proceed. We have a feeling something will come up. How could it not? If we've gone through all of this and there's not even a trial, it'll be the biggest let down since…well…we don't know. But it'll be big!

(Yep, we've pasted the article for all you cheap bastards.)

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Gay Louisiana Congressman Jim McCrery has just been praised for his outstanding fundraising prowess, as he helped raise over $15 million for the Republican National Committee. Within the Republican Party, this means that he will now be promoted to some sort of important position regardless of his legislative ability. That is the reason the U.S. has so many rich morons in positions of power, which is not to say that Congressman McCrery is a moron, just a hypocrite, as he has voted against his own rights and interests so many times we have lost count, but always very quietly:

Republicans on and off Capitol Hill consider [McCrery's] low-key personality and his work out of the spotlight as a major reason he has been so successful.

Perhaps after The Advocate outed him in 1992, he decided that was a good time to adopt that "out of the spotlight" approach so he could still show his face at D.C. gay bars without being recognized.

Milestone for McCrery [The Hill via BlogActive]
Family Values Congressman [The Advocate via BlogActive]