NewsWrap for the week ending August 17, 2013
SUMMARY
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness - In a precedent-setting lawsuit, professional Massachusetts-based homophobe Scott Lively is ordered to stand trial in U.S. federal court for "fomenting" crimes against humanity in Uganda …
R.I.Prop. - the California Supreme Court drives the final nail into the coffin of the state's marriage equality-banning Proposition 8 …
Blessed Union - Germany's Protestant Church sanctions its first marriage ceremony for a same-gender couple …
Rock and Hard Place Event - the International Olympic Committee vows to punish any athlete at the Sochi Winter Games in February who violates Russia's law banning "gay propaganda" …
Broken News - prominent Russian TV newscaster Anton Krasovsky comes out on the air and is promptly fired …
Double-Dare - a few competitors at this week's track and field Moscow Athletics World Championships test the "no promo homo law" …
Different Bells - out Puerto Rican pro featherweight boxer Orlando Cruz announces his engagement …
Smooth Move - World Wresting Entertainment (WWE) Superstar Darren Young casually comes out to TMZ ….
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Labels: bisexual, Darren Young, gay, Germany, homophobia, homosexual, homosexuality, human rights, lesbian, Olympics, Orlando Cruz, Proposition 8, Puerto Rico, Russia, Scott Lively, transgender, transsexual, uganda, WWE
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