NewsWrap for the week ending September 6, 2014
SUMMARY
Free Unions With Full Consent - Coahuila becomes the first state in Mexico to legislatively open civil marriage to same-gender couples …
With All Due Haste - the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rapidly rules that bans on civil marriage for lesbian and gay couples in Indiana and Wisconsin violate the U.S. Constitution …
Judicial Choices Refutation - a federal judge in Louisiana bucks the tide and upholds that state's ban, calling marriage equality "lifestyle choices recognition" …
Plaintiff Intimidation - Jamaican activist Javed Jaghai withdraws his Supreme Court challenge to the island nation's anti-gay buggery laws after receiving death threats to him and his family …
New Improved Hate - a possibly-revised form of Uganda's infamous Anti-Homosexuality Law is headed for parliament …
Emerald Ops - organizers of New York City's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade bend a 253-year ban by announcing that they’ll allow one – but only one - LGBT-identified organization, as it happens the employee group of one of its major sponsors, to march in the Parade next year …
Ride 'Em, Cowboy - the St. Louis Rams cut Michael Sam, the first out player drafted into the professional ranks of the U.S. National Football League, due to an over-abundance of other defensive end talent, but the Dallas Cowboys quickly hire Sam for their practice squad, a possible gateway to his first regular season debut …
Laced With Pride - the Australian Football League (AFL) endorses marriage equality, and top British professional football stars will soon be sporting rainbow laces in support of out players and fans ….
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