Left Side of the Aisle #152

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of March 27 - April 2, 2014

This week:

Good News: Michigan is the latest to fall
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20140322/us-gay-marriage-michigan/
http://www.freep.com/article/20140322/NEWS06/303220043/Michigan-s-first-gay-marriage-performed-Ingham-County-couples-line-up-Oakland
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/22/michigan-same-sex-marriage_n_5014572.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/03/1495-update-same-sex-marriage.html
http://firedoglake.com/2014/03/22/judicial-sarcasm-takes-down-michigans-anti-marriage-equality-amendment/

The little Thing: Whodunit?
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/03/21/police-find-three-starving-children-in-california-home/20854605/

RIP: Fred Phelps
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/20/fred-phelps-dead_n_5000577.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/24/westboro-baptist-church-lorde_n_5021135.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/fred-phelps-excommunicated-wbc_n_4981300.html

Clown Award: State Sen. Richard Ross and Robert Leclair
http://daisysdeadair.blogspot.com/2014/03/haley-watch-watch-out-canada-queen.html
http://boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/03/23/bill-would-forbid-divorcing-parents-massachusetts-from-having-sex-home/LNdv86n7K86w1ioJ3Jp4FO/story.html
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/BillHtml/122340?generalCourtId=11
http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/36049/richard-ross
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/18/mass-bill-would-require-divorcing-parents-to-obtain-judges-approval-for-sex/

Update: fighting wage theft
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/03/1511-good-news-low-wage-workers-open.html
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/03/19/3416054/mcdonalds-wage-theft-settlement/#
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/nyregion/dominos-franchise-settles-delivery-workers-lawsuit-for-1-28-million.html
http://www.salon.com/2014/03/18/how_new_york_could_crack_down_on_fast_foods_corporate_crime_wave/

Outrage of the Week: hang-ups on coat hangers
http://dcabortionfund.org/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/21/dc-abortion-fund-coat-hanger_n_5008010.html
http://dcabortionfund.org/2014/03/statement-from-val-vilott-president-of-the-dc-abortion-fund/
http://twitchy.com/2014/03/18/sickest-thing-ive-ever-seen-abortion-nonprofit-rewards-donors-with-horrific-token-of-thanks-pic/
http://www.caintv.com/help-pay-for-an-abortion-get-t
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/bristolpalin/2014/03/abortion-enthusiasts-wear-coat-hanger-necklaces/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect

And Another Thing: ripples in spacetime
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26605974
http://www.livescience.com/44166-big-bang-inflation-gravitational-waves-physics.html
http://www.salon.com/2014/03/17/new_discovery_last_of_albert_einsteins_untested_predictions_may_have_proof/