NewsWrap for the week ending June 8, 2013

SUMMARY

Praise the Lords - Overwhelming approval in Britain's House of Lords of the "Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill" in its second reading, following full approval in the House of Commons, all but assures its ultimate passage, so the Church of England abandons its efforts to defeat the measure and says it will now work to "improve it" …

Two in One - the 4-million-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elects Reverend Dr. R. Guy Erwin of Southern California as its first openly gay and first Native American bishop …

Follow the Money - Germany's highest court rules that tax laws that treat same-gender couples unequally are unconstitutional …

Wǒ Yǒu Yǒng Qì - Changsha, a city in central China's Henan province, hosts about 80 brave activists at what organizers call the largest-ever public demonstration for LGBT rights in the country's history …

Para o armário, nunca mais! - more than a million people celebrate in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo at what's billed as the world's largest LGBT Pride event …

Choose the Right - supportive Mormons and unauthorized uniformed Boy Scouts highlight the annual Pride march in Salt Lake City, Utah …

New Pride, Old Wounds - record crowds celebrate Pride in Tel Aviv, while speakers reflect on the breaking news of arrests in the horrific 2009 shooting spree at the Israeli city's LGBT center …

"Serena Morena?" - 59-year-old Mexican soap star Sebastian Ligarde tells a national magazine that "I'm gay, and I say this with pride" ….

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