NewsWrap for the week ending July 17, 2010

SUMMARY

Argentinean Marriage - Argentina becomes the first nation in Latin America to extend full civil marriage rights to lesbigay couples ...

Finnish Marriage - Finland's Justice Minister says legislation is being drafted to extend marriage rights to same-gender couples there ...

DADT - U.S. federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" begins in a California courtroom ... charges are dropped against two gay veterans for twice chaining themselves to a White House fence to protest the policy ... queer critics question the Pentagon's troop survey to ostensibly determine how best to implement repeal ...

Washingtonian Marriage - Washington, D.C.'s top court rules against homophobes who wanted to place a Proposition 8-like initiative on the local ballot to overturn the city's marriage equality law ...

Free Mexican Honeymoon - Mexico City's Tourism Minister offers a free honeymoon to the first couple to wed when Argentina's new same-gender marriage legislation takes effect in mid-August

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