My partner Susan asked me this morning what I thought about the U.S. Supreme Court hearing the DOMA and Prop 8 cases. I just shrugged and said: “I’ll wait until they rule.”

For me to even say anything about what I believe will happen would just be pure speculation. Who even knows what lies in the minds of these Supreme Court justices? It is, after all, the Supreme Court and we all know that in some cases they aren’t doling out any sort of justice.

LINCOLN, Neb. -- In a Lancaster County courtroom Monday, Judge Gale Pokorny, found Charlie Rogers guilty of staging a fake anti-gay hate crime that shocked both the citizens of Lincoln, Neb., and the nation -- first for the brutality of the alleged crime, and then for lying about the crime.

Rogers, 34, pleaded no contest in court this afternoon, a reversal of the not guilty plea she had made in the case earlier in September. Pokorny set the date of her sentencing for February, 14, 2013.

(Editor’s note: The United Nations will mark World Human Rights Day with a star-studded event that can be viewed at 3:15 pm ET/12:15 PT via the web. Click HERE to watch the ceremonies and to see openly gay superstar Ricky Martin, legendary South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, an outspoken defender of LGBT and human rights.

SAN DIEGO -- The award winning San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus is back with its acclaimed annual holiday show, “Ice & Spice,” on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8 pm and Sunday, Dec. 16 at 3pm.

Tickets are still available for the show with a special discount available for SDGLN readers.

“Our show promises the whimsical magic of traditional holiday songs accented with the spicy sounds of a tropical holiday getaway,” said Artistic Director Gary Holt.