NewsWrap for the week ending September 8, 2012

SUMMARY

Highland Wedding Plans - Scotland's government has a marriage equality proposal on its agenda …

Moving Up to Second Class - civil partnerships bill is expected to be introduced soon in Poland …

Hate Gets in Your Eyes - Prime Minister Julia Gillard is "smoked out" of a speech to the Australian Christian Lobby after its leader calls the gay "lifestyle" as much of a health hazard as cigarettes …

Will Abraham's Hand Be Stayed? - new study in Israel reveals the rate of attempted suicide by young people to be 112 times the rate of the general population, with an even higher rate for religious LGBT teens …

True To the Oath - 9-year-old Mainer quits the Boy Scouts because of the organization's exclusionary anti-gay policies …

Wouldn't It Be Nice - best-selling author John Green celebrates a pro-equality Indianapolis bride and groom for giving same-gender couples the honor of the traditional first dance at their wedding reception ….

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