Left Side of the Aisle #178

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of October 9-15, 2014

This week:

Good News: now there are 30
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2003/11/another-small-victory-in-struggle.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/supreme-court-gay-marriage_n_5938854.html
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/10/06/supreme-court-effectively-legalizes-same-sex-marriage-in-five-states-indiana-oklahoma-virginia-wisconsin-utah/20973180/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/08/us-usa-court-gaymarriage-idUSKCN0HW1MM20141008
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sex-drugs-rock-and-roll
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/06/supreme-court-gay-marriage-what-next/16813325/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/10/06/the-end-of-the-legal-struggle-over-same-sex-marriage-may-now-be-sight/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/10/06/the-supreme-court-confirms-what-we-already-knew-the-fight-over-gay-marriage-is-over/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2004/05/monday-morning-special.html

Footnotes to the Good News
http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/10/06/koster-appeal-sex-marriage-ruling/16826355/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/03/missouri-same-sex-marriage_n_5929648.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/08/politics/scotus-same-sex-marriage/
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2014/oct/08/supreme-court-justice-kennedy-allows-gay-marriage-/
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Gay-marriage-expected-to-begin-in-Wyoming-5803899.php

Clown Award: Colorado state Board of Education member Pam Mazanec
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/26/ap-history-protest_n_5890768.html?cps=gravity
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/04/us/after-uproar-colorado-school-board-retreats-on-curriculum-review-plan.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/01/ben-carson-ap-us-history_n_5910982.html?ir=Politics
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/pam-mazanac-us-ended-slavery-voluntarily
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery_timeline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/slavery-still-exists/262847/

Outrage of the Week: Antonin Scalia says government can favor religion over non-religion
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/27/obama-regulations-threaten-colleges/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/7/religious-university-balks-accommodation-re-files-/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/1/justice-antonin-scalia-defends-keeping-god-religio/?page=1
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/02/antonin-scalia-religion-government_n_5922944.html
http://he-man.wikia.com/wiki/Skeletor
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/opinion/readers/2014/06/26/freedom-religion-without-freedom/11413933/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2012/05/left-side-of-aisle-57-part-1.html

Racism and that Boston Herald cartoon
http://news.yahoo.com/boston-herald-discuss-cartoon-community-214248524.html
http://news.yahoo.com/boston-herald-apologies-obama-watermelon-cartoon-152836322.html
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/10/01/boston-herald-apologizes-for-obama-watermelon-toothpaste-cartoon/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/06/1334510/-The-privilege-of-affluence-status-and-a-Princeton-Degree-Trumped-by-race