Left Side of the Aisle #214

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of July 30 - August 5, 2015

This week:

Good News: Boy Scouts officially lift blanket ban on gay scout leaders
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/07/2123-good-news-boy-scouts-end-blanket.html
http://scoutingnewsroom.org/blog/boy-scouts-of-america-amends-adult-leadership-policy/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/28/boy-scouts-break-up-with-mormon-church.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mormons-hint-they-may-bolt-boy-scouts/
http://www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/bsa_membership.html

Footnote: The struggle for LGBTQ acceptance goes on
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/21/gop-s-open-season-on-gay-kids.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/07/14/scott-walker-boy-scouts-ban-on-gay-leaders-protected-children/

Footnote: LGBT and LGBTQ

FBI and DHS batting .000 on "terror alerts"
http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8c573daa3ad72f4a095505b58&id=057e39697a&e=73f9e7c46a
http://benfry.com/writing/archives/535
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/tom-ridge-admits-terror-alerts-were-use
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002210310600148X

Update: Despite lies of opponents, public still supports Planned Parenthood
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/voters-planned-parenthood-sting-videos-poll_55b7aaf3e4b0074ba5a64751?
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/planned-parenthood-cyber-attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Gosnell

Update: State Dept. upgrades Malaysia's ranking on human trafficking
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/07/2126-outrage-of-week-state-dept-to.html
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2015/index.htm
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/243560.pdf

Why "All lives matter" is no answer to "Black lives matter"
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/sovereign-citizen-arrested-after-twice-trying-to-grab-one-of-six-loaded-guns-in-his-confederate-flag-car/
http://accesswdun.com/article/2015/7/323858/hiawasse-man-arrested-after-pulling-gun-on-officers
http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/infant-mortality-rate-by-race-ethnicity/
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/at-the-edge/2015/05/06/institutional-racism-is-our-way-of-life
https://www.aclu.org/feature/war-marijuana-black-and-white?redirect=billions-dollars-wasted-racially-biased-arrests
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/at-the-edge/2015/01/13/america-racial-bias-does-exist
http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/sure-whites-are-privileged--but-not-me-personally
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103115000852