Left Side of the Aisle #162

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of June 12-18, 2014

This week:
Good News: Vermont raises minimum wage
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/09/vermont-minimum-wage_n_5474143.html

Good News: same-sex marriage comes to Wisconsin
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/06/wisconsin-gay-marriage_n_5462121.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/09/wisconsin-same-sex-marriage_n_5474708.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/06/gay-marriage-wisconsin-history_n_5462356.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/13/wisconsin-gay-marriages-halted_n_5493690.html

Update: atheist/agnostic couple told they have no right to get married
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/30/virginia-atheist-couple-court-appointed-officiant-told-us-we-had-no-right-to-get-married/
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=572673359520222

Outrage of the Week: making it a crime to feed the homeless
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/us/as-homeless-line-up-for-food-los-angeles-weighs-restrictions.html
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2013/HUDNo.13-173
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-10/cities-crack-down-on-homeless/55479912/1
http://mythology.wikia.com/wiki/Hydra
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/22/feeding-homeless-ban/
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/19/bloomberg-strikes-again-nyc-bans-food-donations-to-the-homeless/

Clown Award: George Will
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/09/george-will-sexual-assault-colleges_n_5473357.html?ir=Media
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-college-become-the-victims-of-progressivism/2014/06/06/e90e73b4-eb50-11e3-9f5c-9075d5508f0a_story.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/opinion-columnist-questions-sexual-assault/372475/?google_editors_picks=true
http://www.vox.com/2014/5/9/5696162/6-facts-about-sexual-assault-on-campus

Guns: another school shooting
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023811349_oreschoolgunmanxml.html
http://www.vox.com/2014/6/10/5797306/map-school-shooting-sandy-hook
http://everytown.org/
http://www.propublica.org/article/republicans-say-no-to-cdc-gun-violence-research
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/22/nra-bill-to-allow-cdc-to-determine-how-many-people-are-killed-by-guns-is-unethical/?onswipe_redirect=no&oswrr=1
http://www.theonion.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Isla_Vista_killings
http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this,36131/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/28/1302587/-This-is-what-legislative-courage-on-gun-control-looks-like-Action-not-just-sympathy
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/05/guns-open-carry-chilis-sonic-videos
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/19/chipotle-guns_n_5354569.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/30/chilis-sonic-gun_n_5419942.html

RIP: Chester Nez
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/original-group-navajo-code-talkers-dies-23991994
http://nativeamericanencyclopedia.com/chester-nez/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_9668c6fe-7a8a-11df-ab6b-001cc4c002e0.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-talker_paradox
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/enduring-voices/