NewsWrap for the week ending February 14, 2015

SUMMARY

Not Worth the Vote - Regressive anti-LGBT proposals fail in a Slovakia referendum for lack of interest …

Pasta Al Dente - Italy’s top court rules that the country’s constitution does not require opening civil marriage to same-gender couples …

Balancing the Fairness Books - the new Greek government proposes civil unions for queer couples …

Honorable Mention - the Tokyo district of Shibuya plans to offer “partnership certificates," which would be the first-ever recognition of lesbian and gay couples in Japan …

Fake Diseases Can't Be Cured - a New Jersey judge rules that businesses pushing “change therapy” to make gays and lesbians heterosexual are violating the state’s Consumer Fraud Act …

Partisan Bullies' Pulpit - a Republican-controlled U.S. House committee kills proposals to protect LGBT students …

Bias Unbound - Arkansas lawmakers ban enactment of city or county laws in the state to protect LGBT people from discrimination …

Straight Scandal Yields Bi First - Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown is set to become the first openly bisexual governor in the United States …

Risks of Brownbacking - Jon Stewart reminds us how much we’ll miss him when he leaves “The Daily Show” later this year with his searing satirical report about GOP Kansas Governor Sam Brownback rescinding state anti-bias protections for LGBT people ….

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