Don't Defend Marriage, Respect It

Comprehensive coverage and analysis of the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee hearing on the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

And in NewsWrap: Don't Ask's final countdown begins, Ghanaian clerics call on government to hunt homosexuals, Jamaica's top cop denounces anti-gay accusations, Lithuania attacks biased advertising, India embarrassed by Health head's homophobia, and more news reported by Michael LeBeau and Ben Caron (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending July 23, 2011

SUMMARY

Forward March - The ability of the armed forces to deal with Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal is certified, beginning a countdown that will end – as will that discriminatory U.S. military policy –- on September 20th ...

Clean-up Operation - the LGBT Log Cabin Republicans press their lawsuit against DADT to confirm its unconstitutionality ...

Offensive Against the Defensive - the first legislative step is taken on the fabled "Gay Agenda's" next repeal target as the Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony on a bill to overturn DOMA, the so-called Defense of Marriage Act ...

Hunting Season - on the heels of Muslim and Christian clerical condemnation of homosexuality, a Ghanaian government minister calls for the arrest of anyone suspected of engaging in private adult consensual gay sex ...

Queer Con Profile Canned - in a rare official disavowal of homophobia in what many consider the most anti-queer country in the Caribbean, Jamaica's top cop, Commissioner Owen Ellington, publicly chastises a subordinate for blaming young gay men for national lottery scams ...

No Promo Anti-Homo - Lithuania's parliament bans discrimination based on sexual orientation in advertising ...

Low HIV IQ - India's Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad takes heat for "backward and ignorant" comments about homosexuality and AIDS ...

Cash and Carry Over the Threshold - think tank forecasts big bucks from New York weddings ...

Always Something - Massachusetts couples remind Empire State newlyweds that their ability to marry doesn't end the fight for full equality ...

Evening the Score - Cambridge, Massachusetts becomes what's believed to be the first city in the U.S. to compensate its married lesbian and gay workers for the federal taxes they must pay for spousal health care benefits ...

Complete NewsWrap text and this week's podcast to be posted July 25th.

The Bachmann "Cure" & Torn Apart

The hubby of White House hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) heads a homophobic "cure" clinic, a scandal revealed by undercover "patient" activist John Becker. Becker tells MSNBC's Ed Schultz about his experience at Bachmann & Associates, and Jon Stewart skewers Mrs. Bachmann's "chutzpah" on his Comedy Central Daily Show.

U.S. immigration policy borders on cruelty, as bi-national lesbian couple Judy Rickard and Karin Bogliolo can attest. Linda Birch chats with them about their sometimes harrowing experiences and Judy's new book Torn Apart: United by Love, Divided by Law.

And in NewsWrap: Chilé's Piñera honors his civil unions promise; marriage equality fails to destroy civilization in Argentina, Spain, and Canada; "New York state of mind" becomes contagious; "Don't Ask" drama becomes a "Can't Kick Out" conundrum; and more news reported by Jenn Mahoney and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending July 16, 2011

SUMMARY

Campaign Pledge - Chilé's President Sebastián Piñera floats a civil unions proposal ...

Hasn't Hurt - several Uruguayan celebrities televise marriage equality endorsements, while same-gender wedding stats are issued in Argentina, Spain and Canada ...

Sundays Will Never Be the Same - New York prepares for Sunday weddings in July ...

Bringing It All Back Home - gay South Australian MP says he'll challenge his country's refusal to recognize same-gender marriages legally conducted abroad after he marries his longtime partner in New York ...

Rising Tide - passage in the Empire State inspires new moves for marriage equality in Maine, Maryland and Colorado ...

Just Don't Already - legal battle in federal court over Don't Ask Don't Tell wears on as legislative repeal looms ...

Knowledge Base - California requires public schools and social studies textbooks to teach about LGBT people's contributions to the economic, political and social development of the state and the country ...

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Pomo Afro Homos' Fierce Love (Remix)

A conversation with today's company members and excerpts from a revival of the "postmodern African American homosexuals'" classic 1991 performance piece (with our Ben Caron).

Plus: London's black, Guyana-born lesbian rapper Mz Fontaine has her own Untold Story (from her Spoken Thoughts CD).

And in NewsWrap: Obama administration takes DOMA-defying action; appeals court order halts Don't Ask Don't Tell'; Euro-Council issues equality roadmap; Pride parties from London, Lima, and Toronto to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad; more news reported by Christopher Gaal and Robert LeBlanc.

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NewsWrap for the week ending July 9, 2011

SUMMARY

DOMA-Defying Actions - U.S. Justice Department pro-actively joins the legal challenge to DOMA, arguing that the so-called Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, and also announces that it will no longer oppose joint bankruptcy filings by legally united same-gender couples ...

Don't Dally, Don't Stall - 3-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifts its stay of a lower court ruling declaring Don't Ask Don't Tell to be unconstitutional and ordering an end to its enforcement, while House Republicans add new amendments to the 2012 defense authorization bill designed to obstruct im minent legislative repeal of the policy ...

Euro Inventory - Council of Europe issues its first social-legal report on anti-LGBT discrimination among its 47 member countries with recommendations for ensuring full equality ...

Liberation Contagion - Pride marches on in London, Lima, and Toronto, and is controversially celebrated at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad ...

Attack of Affection - 74-year-old straight but not narrow Pride-watcher in North Carolina is charged with misdemeanor assault for planting a kiss on the cheek of a protesting preacher ...

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Dan Savage Gets Better

The founder of the It Gets Better campaign to bring positive role models to bullied LGBT teens tells our Steve Pride how a husband-father-author-activist goes from "sexpert" to "spokes-gay."

And in NewsWrap: triumph and tragedy at Prides from New York to St. Petersburg, Brazilian judge rules for marriage equality, American Medical Association prescribes same-gender matrimony, activists unite to oppose Rhode Island civil unions, New Jersey couples sue for real rights, Chinese LGBTs vacate censoring website, and more news reported by Jon Beaupre and Chris Wilson.

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Marriage Equality in New York!

The Empire State crosses the marriage equality threshold, while President Obama's ringing non-endorsement suggests a failure to evolve. The nail-biting legislative drama features Obama; state Senators Ruben Diaz, Tom Duane, and Mark Grisanti; and Governor Andrew Cuomo.

And in NewsWrap: partnerships are endorsed in Liechtenstein and Wisconsin; Tennesseans launch a lawsuit for the right to ban bias; police protect protested Pride parades in Sofia, Zagreb and Budapest; W.H.O. finds anti-gay sex laws unhealthy; Amnesty asks Turkey to axe homophobia, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Chris Wilson.

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