NewsWrap for the week ending September 1, 2012

SUMMARY

One Down - Legislation to open civil marriage to New Zealand same-gender couples wins overwhelming approval in the first of three readings in Parliament …

Optimistic Suspense - the lower house in the Australian state of Tasmania passes a marriage equality bill and sends it to an uncertain future in parliament's upper house …

Say Oui - French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault tells fellow Socialists that his government plans to introduce a marriage equality measure in Parliament in October …

Say Nein - German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejects taxation equality for lesbian and gay couples …

Theater of Cruelty - authorities in Kampala shut down a gay-affirming play before it could be staged as planned at the National Theatre of Uganda …

The Busted Network - Egyptian police reportedly track down a man they say is responsible for operating a "gay sex network" …

Didn't Say Gay - right-wing homophobes and "pro-life" factions have to read between the lines in speeches at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida to find the virulently anti-gay anti-woman planks spelled out in the party's platform …

Bipartisan Cooperation - an enterprising local gay bathhouse offers free admission and discreet back door entry and exit to GOP delegates

You Don't Need a Weatherman - Southern Decadence begets Hurricane Isaac?

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