July 19, 1994, Rev. Richard C. Halverson began the U.S. Senate’s legislative day with prayer. After reading from Isaiah about “perfect peace,” he briefly sermonized about the U.S. Senate being a “formidable area of controversy, conflict, compromise, where unnumbered agendas converge.” Later that day I found myself in the Jesse Helms Agenda. No, this was…
Kathryn Knott, who was convicted of assaulting a gay couple in Philadelphia in 2014 won’t receive the reduced sentence she requested. Philly.com reported that Common Pleas Court Judge Roxanne Covington called appropriate the five- to 10-month prison term she imposed on Kathryn Knott and chided Knott for a “complete disconnection with the incident itself and…
Kathryn Knott, who stood accused of assaulting a gay couple in Philadelphia last year has been found guilty of simple assault and conspiracy to commit simple assault against Zachary Hesse, one of two victims, as well as reckless endangerment against Hesse and his partner, Andrew Haught, reports The Huffington Post. Knott, who is the daughter…
A trial date of Dec. 9 has been set for Kathryn Knott for her alleged role in last year’s attack on a gay couple in Philadelphia. Knott is charged with two counts each of aggravated and simple assault, as well as conspiracy and reckless endangerment in connection with the Sept. 11, 2014, attack on Zachary…
The case in which three people are accused of attacking two gay men in Philadelphia has been delayed as lawyers for the three suspects have asked for a continuance as they work out the terms of a plea agreement with the prosecution. The trio — Kathryn Knott, 24, of Southampton, Pennsylvania, who is the daughter…
GENEVA — UN Watch has called on UN chief Ban Ki-moon, rights commissioner Prince Zeid, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power and the EU’s Catherine Ashton to condemn yesterday’s UN election of slave-holding Mauritania, misogynistic Pakistan, gay-bashing Uganda and repressive Zimbabwe to its 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), a top U.N. body that regulates human rights groups, shapes the composition of…
