[OutVoice] U.S. Supreme "I Do" x 2 + more global LGBT news

[Greg Gordon]

"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine"
Program #1,318 - distributed 07/01/13
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(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
U.S. Supreme Court-ship brings happiness equally after – to some;
Prime Australian politics revive wedding wishes, Russian lawmakers and
nationalists agree on homophobia, an anti-gay Macedonian mob attacks
Pride, Sao Paulo comes out to mock Brazil's "human wrongs" committee,
a magazine cover captures Bert and Ernie's bliss, and more LGBT news
from around the world

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 In "NewsWrap": California lesbian and gay couples doubly benefit from 
the U.S. Supreme Court's two marriage equality rulings on June 26th, as 
the high court rejects the legal standing of the supporters of the 
state's marriage equality-banning Proposition 8 to defend it in court – 
followed in less than 48 hours by the first post-ruling legal marriages 
of gay and lesbian couples in the state – and in the case of 84-year-old
 New York widow Edith Windsor, the justices declare as unconstitutional a
 key provision of DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, that denies federal
 recognition to same-gender couples married in states where they're 
legal… newly pro-marriage equality and former Australian Prime Minister 
Kevin Rudd unseats anti-equality Julia Gillard to again take the 
country's helm in a snap election at the Labor Party caucus… to no one's
 surprise, the upper chamber of Russia's parliament approves a bill 
criminalizing "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations", a ban on
 the adoption of Russian orphans by foreign same-gender couples, and a 
3-year prison term for blasphemy, while dozens of outnumbered activists 
are assaulted by nationalist extremists and then arrested at an 
unsanctioned LGBT rights rally in St. Petersburg… Macedonia Pride is 
marred by a mob assault on the building housing the Skopje LGBT Centre… 
thousands march to protest and mock a proposed "gay cure" bill in 
Brazil… "Bert and Ernie's Moment of Joy" covers "The New Yorker" to 
celebrate the demise of Prop 8 and DOMA… and more LGBT news from around 
the world (written by GREG GORDON, produced by STEVE PRIDE, and reported
 this week by GARY SHAW and NATALIE PEOPLES).

- America's lesbian
 and gay couples have gone from being criminals to brides and grooms in 
the span of a single decade. The U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on June 
26th striking down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
 and California's equality-banning Proposition 8 came on the 10th 
anniversary, to the day, of the high court Lawrence v. Texas ruling 
overturning all remaining state statutes outlawing private, consensual 
adult same-gender sex. Our coverage of this week's historic high court 
actions includes Free Speech Radio News reporter ALICE OLLSTEIN in 
WASHINGTON, D.C. and Pacifica Radio News reporter CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ 
in SAN FRANCISCO, and comments by ("in order of appearance") American 
Civil Liberties Union Executive Director ANTHONY ROMERO; New York 
Congressman JARROLD NADLER; "DOMA" plaintiff EDITH WINDSOR; victorious 
Prop 8 attorney TED OLSON at the celebratory rally in WEST HOLLYWOOD; 
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera; "out" California State 
Assembly Speaker JOHN PEREZ; and National Center for Lesbian Rights 
Executive Director KATE KENDALL; California Attorney General KAMALA 
HARRIS marries Prop 8 lesbian plaintiff couple KRIS PERRY & SANDY 
STIER in San Francisco; and outgoing Mayor ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA marries 
Prop 8 gay plaintiff couple PAUL KATAMI & JEFF ZARRILLO in Los 
Angeles (with intro music from a 1983 recording of the CHICAGO GAY MENS 
CHORUS singing "Goin' To The Chapel", and outro music from "Love and 
Marriage" by FRANK SINATRA).
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