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Monday, January 16, 2012

NewsWrap for the week ending January 14, 2012

SUMMARY

Wedding Jitters Redefined - The Canadian marriages of foreign same-gender couples are threatened and then reaffirmed over the course of about 24 hours …

Couples Seek A Couple - a marriage equality bill introduced this week in Washington appears to need two more votes in the Senate to pass and be signed by strongly supportive Democratic Governor Chris Gregoire …

Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall - New Jersey's Republican Governor Chris Christie won't say if he'd sign a marriage equality bill there …

While You Were Busy Primary-Watching - repeal of their state's marriage equality legislation tops the agenda of New Hampshire's GOP-dominated legislature despite a threatened veto by Democratic Governor John Lynch …

Starting From Scratch - Prop 8 opponents in California begin a signature-gathering effort to put a repeal measure on the November 2012 state ballot …

Queer Devils Made Her Do It - a gay man "apologizes" on behalf of the LGBT community in Minnesota to anti-equality state Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch for "causing" her extramarital affair …

Sodomy Laws As Political Weapon - Malaysia's embattled former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is cleared of sexually assaulting a male political aid …

Judgement At Ft. Meade - a full court-martial is ordered for gay and/or "gender confused" Wiki-leaker U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning for allegedly orchestrating the largest security breach in American history …

Hasn't Heard War Is Over - rightwing GOP Oklahoma state lawmaker Mike Reynolds wants to ban lesbians, gay men and bisexuals from serving in his state's National Guard …

First Nation, First Dyke - Susan Allen wins a special election in Minnesota to become the first openly lesbian Native American state legislator in U.S. herstory ….

Complete NewsWrap text and this week's podcast to be posted January 17th.

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