NewsWrap for the week ending October 19, 2013

SUMMARY

Wedding Garden - In U.S. state marriage equality news, the New Jersey Supreme Court green-lights marriage licenses for same-gender couples beginning October 21st …

Awaiting Enchantment - New Mexico's high court is scheduled to hear arguments on October 23rd in a marriage equality case there …

Great Lakes Front - a U.S. District court judge schedules oral arguments for February 2014 in a challenge to Michigan's hetero-only constitutional marriage statute …

Beaver State Breaks Dam - Oregon's chief operating officer orders state agencies to recognize the marriages of same-gender couples conducted in other jurisdictions where they're legal …

Perpetuated in Righteousness - Hawai'i lawmakers begin a special session to consider marriage equality on October 28th …

Prairie Justice - activists are hoping for debate to be held in the coming week on a marriage equality proposal in Illinois …

Fertile Ground for Faithfulness - two Australian constitutional law experts conclude that the state of Tasmania can enact marriage equality without being in conflict with the federal Marriage Act …

On Matthew Shepard's Anniversary - four alleged neo-Nazis are convicted of last year's brutal torture and murder of Chilean student Daniel Zamudio …

Devil Made Them Do It - at least 14 men are arrested for "practicing homosexuality" in a raid of a Cairo "health club" …

Romantic Sparks - speculation rises about the sexual orientation of "Plug" and "Socket," a pair of male puppets that have been promoting the Israel Electric Corporation for more than a decade, after the arrival of a baby puppet in their latest ad ….

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