NewsWrap for the week ending Nov. 20, 2010

SUMMARY

UN Turns Its Back - UN General Assembly approves a resolution against unjustified executions of marginalized people, but an amendment strips gays and lesbians from the specifically-named victim categories ...

Army Shoots Pride-ster - the shooting of a gay teenager by two uniformed Brazilian army officers mars an otherwise-festive Pride parade in Rio de Janeiro ...

Aussies Argue Marriage - marriage equality bill is debated in the Australian parliament, and while major parties won't support it, a Greens-sponsored motion directing MPs to consult their constituents on the issue is narrowly approved ...

Courtroom Drama Set - U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals announces that oral arguments on the federal constitutionality of California's marriage equality-banning Proposition 8 will be heard on December 6th, but those hearings could be delayed pending the outcome of the still-unresolved race for state Attorney General ...

Don't Ask Don't Quack - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he'll push for a vote on the Don't Ask Don't Tell-inclusive critical annual defense spending bill in the upcoming lame duck session, and a few key GOP Senators will apparently support most Democrats to stop a threatened filibuster by Arizona's John McCain ...

Pentagon Study Hall - Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin says he'll try to schedule hearings on the bill soon after the expected December 1st release of the Pentagon report about how best to implement repeal ...

Fly the Faux-ly Skies - widely-reported story about the legal marriage of a U.S. gay couple on a Virgin American Airlines flight over Canadian airspace was apparently a playful hoax

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