Left Side of the Aisle #159

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of May 22-28, 2014

This week:

http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2014/05/13/breaking-idaho-judge-rules-marriage-ban-unconstitutional
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/03/1521-good-news-michigan-is-latest-to.html
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/05/idaho-same-sex-marriage-ban-struck-down.php
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/05/federal-appeals-court-blocks-idaho-same-sex-marriage-ruling.phphttp://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ruling-expected-monday-oregon-gay-marriage-ban-23773256
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/20/pennsylvania-gay-marriage_n_5358491.html
http://johncelock.com/topeka-lgbt-equality
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2014/05/21/Corbett-won-t-appeal-ruling-to-allow-same-sex-marriage/stories/201405210178
Footnote: evidence that marriage justice is gaining goes beyond court decisions
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/another-gay-marriage-ban-bites-the-dust
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/05/kentucky-interracial-marriage-same-sex-birth-rate-ban
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/13/1299063/-Kentucky-appeal-argues-same-sex-marriage-is-bad-because-the-profit-margins-aren-t-good-enough
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/19/american-gay-president_n_5353206.html

Not Good News: no freedom from religion
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/19/presidential-poll-atheists_n_5353524.html
http://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2006/UR_RELEASE_MIG_2816.html
http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AP-GfK-March-2014-Poll-Topline-Final_SCIENCE.pdf

Clown Award: Pat Sajak
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/19/common-core-gay_n_5353629.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/20/pat-sajak-climate-change_n_5358656.html
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1806709/original.jpg
http://www.noaa.gov/
http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/april-2014-global-temperature-ties-warmest-record-noaa-20140520
http://mashable.com/2014/05/20/antarctia-collapse-ice-sheet-how-worried/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/12/us-climatechange-antarctica-idUSKBN0DS1IH20140512
https://ipcc.ch/
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/05/12/nasa-spots-worrisome-antarctic-ice-sheet-melt/20884431/
http://www.ucsusa.org/
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/national-landmarks-at-risk-from-climate-change.html
http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/National-Landmarks-at-Risk-Full-Report.pdf
http://www.salon.com/2014/05/02/feds_wildfire_season_is_expected_to_go_way_over_budget_and_climate_change_is_to_blame/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/14/1299239/-Center-for-Naval-Analyses-Military-Advisory-Board-Climate-change-is-severe-national-security-risk
http://mashable.com/2014/05/20/pat-sajak-climate-change/

Outrage of the Week: author of "kill US citizens with drones" memo nominated to US Appeals Court
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-just-question.html
https://www.aclu.org/
https://www.aclu.org/national-security/us-release-targeted-killing-memo-sought-aclu-foia-lawsuit
http://time.com/97613/obama-drone-memo-david-barron/
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/white-house-compromise-targeted-kill-memo-david-barron
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-to-reveal-justification-for-drone-strikes-against-american-citizens/2014/05/20/f607bb60-e066-11e3-8dcc-d6b7fede081a_story.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/05/20/justice-dept-drone-memo/9347697/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/21/reid-predicts-senate-will-approve-obama-judge-nominee-who-helped-craft-drone/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/22/david-barron-drone-memo_n_5373015.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_2hlKqRTPg