Left Side of the Aisle #196

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of March 19-25, 2015

This week:

Good News: progress on LGBT rights
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/06/gay-marriage-supreme-court_n_6819712.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/257914685/DOJ-Amicus-Brief-On-Gay-Marriage
http://www.bbc.com/news/31896300
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gay-groups-march-boston-st-patricks-day-parade-29652907
http://www.wsj.com/articles/william-a-galston-utah-shows-the-way-on-gay-rights-1426633856
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/04/mormon-lgbt-anti-discrimination_n_6801202.html?cps=gravity_2677_-4326424510905643192

Not Good News: bigots gonna be bigots
http://aattp.org/oklahoma-gop-lawmaker-gays-dont-have-a-right-to-eat-anywhere-they-want/
http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/senator-silk-unplugged
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/us/anticipating-nationwide-right-to-same-sex-marriage-states-weigh-religious-exemption-bills.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/02/17/arkansas-wants-to-attract-businesses-by-allowing-them-to-discriminate-against-gay-people/

Clown Award: Sen. Lindsay Graham
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-12/how-a-lindsey-graham-joke-turned-into-a-coup-plot-against-the-government
http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8193751/lindsey-graham-military-coup

Another good move by the FCC
http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/the-future-of-broadband/feds-nullifies-state-laws-on-city-internet-20150226
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/26/1367039/-FCC-Nullifies-State-Laws-Preempting-Local-Internet-Service

Outrage of the Week: Florida bans the term "climate change"
http://fcir.org/2015/03/08/in-florida-officials-ban-term-climate-change/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/08/florida-global-warming_n_6826824.html

Global warming: the evidence keeps mounting
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/global-warming-could-hit-rates-unseen-in-1-000-years/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/26/1360365/-Unprecedented-Ocean-Heat-off-East-Coast-is-Fueling-the-Historic-Hurricane-Force-Blizzard
http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647
http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/our-changing-climate/changes-storms
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/13/us-megadroughts-study_n_6671812.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/25/sea-level-rise-northeast_n_6751570.html
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29462-greenland-reels-climate-disrupting-feedbacks-have-begun
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150126-extreme-weather-nina-nino-climate-warming-science-environment/
http://www.newsweek.com/climate-change-poised-make-infectious-disease-outbreaks-more-frequent-307161
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/twelve-diseases-climate-change-may-make-worse/
http://news.psu.edu/story/346448/2015/02/26/research/interaction-ocean-oscillations-caused-false-pause-global-warming
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/warming-spurt-looms-will-it-change-minds-on-climate-change-18716