NewsWrap for the week ending Jan. 22, 2011

SUMMARY

Stop! in the Name of Love - Supremes refuse to hear a challenge to the marriage equality law in Washington, D.C. ...

Equality Under the Law Ring a Bell? - U.S. federal judge questions the constitutionality of the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act", or DOMA ...

Like It Or Lump It - Saskatchewan's Court of Appeals rules that the Canadian province's marriage commissioners must comply with the nationwide marriage equality law and cannot refuse to marry same-gender couples for religious reasons ...

No Room? Sue the Inn! - fundamentalist Christian owners of a British bed and breakfast are fined for refusing to allow a civilly-partnered gay couple to share a double room ...

Mounting Death Toll - human rights groups sound the alarm over escalating hate murders of LGBT people in Honduras and Brazil ...

Want Fries With Your Discrimination? - global fast-food giant McDonald's comes under fire for blocking access to LGBT websites on the new free Wi-Fi at its New Zealand restaurants ...

Midsumma Downunda - record crowd estimated at more than 100,000 celebrants launch the three-week Midsumma Queer Arts and Culture Festival in the Australian city of Melbourne, Victoria ...

A Convenient, Comfy Truth - America's first LGBT History Museum, newly-opened in San Francisco's famed Castro district, is attacked by a well-known right wing homophobe as nothing more than a "propaganda porch" ...

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