NewsWrap for the week ending February 23, 2013

SUMMARY

Two Mothers Day - The European Court of Human Rights rules for same-gender couple second parent adoption rights in a case brought by an Austrian lesbian couple …

Kinder, Kuche, Queerche - Germany's highest court strengthens adoption rights same-gender couples already have there …

Late Adopters - Puerto Rico's Supreme Court rules that gay and lesbian couples aren't entitled to adoption rights of any kind …

Hot Sauce With That - Mexico's highest court affirms a marriage equality decision justices hinted at in December …

Equality By Extension - opponents of California's Proposition 8 argue in their brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court this week that same-gender couples are entitled to civil marriage in every state of the union, not just California …

Balance or Bias - federal judge in Australia rules that a national law denying civil marriage to same-gender couples is not bias because it discriminates equally against gay men and lesbian women …

Watch Your Language - new "Associated Press" Stylebook entry directs that legally-married gay and lesbian spouses should not generally be referred to in A.P. stories as "husband" or "wife," but revises that guideline after escalating protests from grassroots activists and major LGBT organizations ...

Equal in the Eyes of the Retailer - giant online retailer Amazon had already seen the handwriting on the AP wall, and debuted a commercial with a gendered twist ….

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