Left Side of the Aisle #46

This week:

- The DOJ will no longer defend laws banning veterans' benefits to spouses in same-sex couples.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/17/military-benefits-same-sex-couples_n_1285382.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57386357-503544/santorum-argues-for-religion-in-government/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2011/01/rules-all-of-them-so-far.html

- The Virginia state Senate killed the "personhood" bill and passed the bill forcing women to have an ultrasound before they can terminate their pregnancy. How the right wing mainstreams extremism.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/23/virginia-personhood-bill-defeated-senate_n_1297463.html
http://ideas.time.com/2012/01/30/birth-control-could-it-be-illegal-again/
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/afa-obama-war-on-christians-a-battle-between-freedom-and-tyranny-equal-to-1776-revolution/politics/2012/02/28/35471
http://www.necn.com/02/28/12/Va-Senate-panel-kills-Medicaid-abortion-/landing_politics.html?&apID=fdd68d8674c54e57b05ed7ff69ef33fb
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57386357-503544/santorum-argues-for-religion-in-government/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/26/santorum-church-and-state_n_1302246.html?ref=mostpopular
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57381029/santorum-obamas-worldview-upside-down/
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/22/the_danger_of_an_endless_gop_primary/singleton/
http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/l/bl_party_division_2.htm
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2007/06/electioneering-chapter-three.html

- Everything You Need to Know: What's wrong with our national discussion of gun violence in just three sentences.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-27/ohio-school-shooting/53267688/1?csp=34news
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hztXIBuN1ZWUvDZBE7Pq41lejdLw?docId=2c15575fa3a34a4a91bd90b0dc0eaf44
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/us/fatal-school-shooting-in-chardon-ohio-suspect-is-arrested.html
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/27/us/ohio-school-shooting-witness/ -- cnn
http://www.cleveland.com/chardon-shooting/index.ssf/2012/02/parents_of_teen_accused_of_sho.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/28/us-shooting-ohio-urgent-idUSTRE81Q1AD20120228
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57386080/suspect-in-deadly-ohio-school-shooting-idd/
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017613184_ohio28.html

- Bradley Manning has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
http://www.inthesetimes.com/ittlist/entry/12788/bradley_manning_arraignment/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/24/bradley-manning-quest-for-justice
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/nobel-peace-prize-2012-nominees_n_1303614.html
http://rt.com/news/manning-nobel-peace-prize-631/

- Outrage of the Week: The Supreme Court appears ready to rule that corporations can't be held responsible for the role crimes against humanity in other countries because they are not "individuals."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/corporate-personhood-supreme-court-alien-tort-statute_n_1305226.html
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/us-supreme-court-tackles-shell-on-human-rights-abuses/
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-torture-20120229,0,1578783.story