Left Side of the Aisle #174

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of September 11-17, 2014

This week:

Good News: "Save the Whales"
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/09/05/us-usa-california-whales-idINKBN0H01YY20140905
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/blue-whale/

Good News: and the beat goes on
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/04/wisconsin-indiana-gay-marriage_n_5767710.html
http://mic.com/articles/98034/a-federal-appeals-court-just-struck-down-gay-marriage-bans-in-indiana-and-wisconsin
http://news.yahoo.com/appeals-court-invalidates-indiana-wisconsin-gay-marriage-bans-193756415.html
http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/7th%20Circuit%20same%20sex%20marriage.pdf
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/post-doma-9th-circuit-weigh-gay-marriage-idaho-nevada-hawaii
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hawaii-idaho-nevada-gay-marriage-laws-court-25338944
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-gay-marriage-hearing-20140908-story.html

Not Good News: the string is broken
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/louisiana-marriage-ban-is-constitutional-federal-judge-rules
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/louisiana-gay-marriage_n_5760012.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/louisiana-gay-marriage-ruling_n_5761112.html
http://www.freedomtomarry.org/pages/history-and-timeline-of-marriage
http://theweek.com/article/index/228541/how-marriage-has-changed-over-centuries
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv

Outrage of the Week: Air Force bars atheist from enlisting
http://news.yahoo.com/atheist-must-swear-god-leave-us-air-force-232153866.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlevi
http://www.alternet.org/story/67385/the_evangelical_christian_takeover_of_the_military
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2012/06/the-air-force-and-the-increasing-misuse-of-the-term-religious-freedom.html
http://www.towleroad.com/2013/11/advocate-of-gay-cure-therapy-overseeing-cadet-counseling-at-us-air-force-academy.html

Unintentional Humor: Bill O'Reilly speaks the truth
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/04/bill-oreilly-jon-stewart-ferguson_n_5764992.html?ir=Media

Update: fast-food workers' strike
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/04/fast-food-protest-arrests_n_5765592.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/04/fast-food-strikes_n_5768714.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/in-plain-sight/were-movement-now-fast-food-workers-strike-150-cities-n195256
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/09/07/the_fast_food_strikes_a_stunning_success_for_organized_labor.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/04/wealth-gap-recession_n_5767320.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/08/wealth-gap_n_5783550.html

Clown Award: House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy
http://blogs.usda.gov/2014/08/29/us-forest-service-asks-how-does-your-marshmallow-roast/
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/09/06/republicans-up-in-arms-over-governments-healthy-smores/20958350/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2014/09/04/gop-leader-mccarthy-to-forest-service-dont-tell-me-how-to-make-a-smore/