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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