[OutVoice] Futile but funny U.S. marriage equality resistance!

Greg Gordon greggordon2003 at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 7 14:13:41 CDT 2015


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(hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
The U.S. marriage equality ruling sparks rightwing rebellion;
Kids say the queerest things;
Same-gender love is no longer outlawed in Mozambique, Australia inches
toward equality, Ireland's wedding march is stalled, riot police
violently halt Istanbul Pride, a Girl Scout Council's rejection of
anti-trans cash wins big rewards, and more global LGBT news!

- In "NewsWrap": Private consensual adult same-gender sex officially becomes legal in Mozambique… a cross-party-sponsored bill planned for August may be Australia's "strongest opportunity" to achieve marriage equality, but despite overwhelming public support in a May referendum, Ireland's same-gender couples may have to wait until next year to tie the knot… police violently shut down Istanbul's 13th annual Pride march before it can even begin, but despite agitated Christian fundamentalist opposition and a police ban that needed to be overturned by court order, Seoul LGBT people and their allies march through the central city with Pride, while a rabidly anti-gay Jewish group hires a handful of non-Jewish Mexican day laborers to protest New York City's annual Pride parade… a lopsided vote by leaders of the Episcopal Church okays church weddings for lesbian and gay couples… the Girl Scouts of Western Washington rejects a $100,000 donation with anti-transgender strings attached, but an online fundraising campaign to replace it exceeds that amount… and more LGBT news from around the world (produced by STEVE PRIDE, written by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by CAROLE MEYERS and TANYA KANE-PARRY).

- Millions cheered when the SUPREME COURT ended the world of marriage inequality in the U.S. on June 26th. But not everybody feels fine: faux political commentator STEPHEN COLBERT comes out of "retirement" and onto YouTube to comment; "Slate's" DAHLIA LITHWICH assesses some injudicious high court behavior; an exasperated JON STEWART uses COMEDY CENTRAL's "The Daily Show" to skewer the critics; Obergefell co-counsel DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DRIEMEIR responds to the futile resistance; ABC-TV's "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE" hits the streets to find out what kids think of it all; and ARRO VERSE sings the last part of her "Marry Me" (with segment intro music by R.E.M.).
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