Left Side of the Aisle #104

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of April 18-24, 2013

Good news: Advances on same-sex marriage
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/12/french-senate-passes-gay-_0_n_3068414.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/uruguay-legalizes-gay-marriage_n_3057458.html

Good news: Gun nuts lose one
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-15/new-york-gun-limits-intact-as-high-court-rejects-appeal.html

Good news: Vermont moving to decriminalize marijuana
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com/2013/04/16/vermont-house-approves-marijuana-decriminalization/

Good news: White House threatens to veto CISPA
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/04/16/with-cispa-vote-looming-the-white-house-threatens-veto-again/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/mike-rogers-cispa_n_3097027.html

Clown Award: One-third of Americans want state religion
http://crooksandliars.com/juanita-jean/smokey-joe-barton-smokin-something
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/ken_cuccinelli_challenges_virginias_sodomy_ruling/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/06/christianity-state-religion_n_3022255.html

Outrage of the Week: Texas says poor people are druggies
http://crooksandliars.com/mugsy/texas-senate-unanimously-votes-drug-test-wel
http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2013/04/unanimous-senate-vote-to-support-drug-testing-welfare-applicants/
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Drug-testing-welfare-applicants-popular-but-can-4416545.php

The Boston Marathon bombings
http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Search-for-answers-after-deadly-blasts-at-Boston-Marathon-203195991.html
http://fenwaykenmore.patch.com/articles/fbi-forensic-evidence-recovered-from-bombs-used-in-marathon-attack
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-things-we-know/index.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/boston-terrorism-marathon-bombing_n_3092734.html
http://politix.topix.com/homepage/5596-media-blames-republicans-right-wing-extremists-saudi-man-for-bombing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/erik-rush-boston-marathon-muslims_n_3087642.html
http://www.live5news.com/story/21985769/without-facts-pundits-spread-rumors-and-blame-for-boston-bombing
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/people/bryan-fischer
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/15/after_boston_explosions_a_right_wing_scapegoat_emerges/
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5350.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/jan/08/usa.julianborger
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2013975430_apusmlkparadeexplosive3rdldwritethru.html
http://www.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/03/breaking_arrest_made_in_spokan.php
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/129388228.html
https://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/posts/10151440800582655