NewsWrap for the week ending August 4, 2012

SUMMARY

Revolutionary Vanguard - Vietnam's Justice Minister issues a surprising same-gender marriage proposal, while LGBT activists celebrate the Asian nation's first-ever Pride festival …

Take Back the Street - Jerusalem's 10th annual Pride marchers return to their route without the confrontations along the way as in past years with homophobic religious extremists …

Look the Other Way - the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announces new policies that will make deporting the foreign same-gender spouses of American citizens a "low priority" …

Hastening DOMA's Date with Destiny - a federal district court in Connecticut becomes the latest to declare the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, and backers of California's marriage equality-banning Proposition 8, judged to be unconstitutional by a federal appeals court, request a final verdict from the U.S. Supreme Court …

Trained Response - the U.S. national rail system promotes its "kids ride for half-off" offer to same-gender couple-headed families (AmtrakRideWithPride.com) …

Political Chicken Feed Not Paltry - P-FLAG – Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays – disputes the common media wisdom that the controversy over the Chick-fil-A fast-food restaurant chain and its anti-gay rightwing Christian president Dan Cathy is simply about religious freedom and free speech ….

Complete NewsWrap text and this week's podcast to be posted August 7th.