NewsWrap for the week ending July 28, 2012

SUMMARY

An Expected Journey - A marriage equality bill is introduced in the New Zealand Parliament but has a long and winding road ahead …

Warm Up the Bagpipes - Scotland's government announces that it will sponsor a marriage equality measure in Parliament later this year …

That's A Lot O' Books - Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie make history with their 2.5 million-dollar donation to the coalition fighting to preserve the marriage equality law in the state of Washington …

Aiming For A Bullseye - Minnesota-based retail giant Target Stores, where a proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as exclusively heterosexual will be on the state ballot, continues to break new commercial ground with Pride t-shirts, greeting cards for same-gender couples, and lesbian & gay wedding registries …

Pluck You - homophobic head of the Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A restaurant chain – one of the largest in the U.S. – causes a furor by admitting that they're "guilty as charged" of donating millions of dollars to right-wing anti-gay causes …

Where No Dyke Had Gone Before - America's first woman in space Sally Ride was also its first lesbian ….

Complete NewsWrap text and this week's podcast to be posted July 30th.