Left Side of the Aisle #131

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of October 24-30, 2013

This week:

Good News #1: Marriage justice advances in Oregon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Heatter
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Lawsuit-filed-to-overturn-Oregons-same-sex-marriage-ban-227955171.html
http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-30815-permalink.html
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/17/oregon_will_now_recognize_the_marriages_of_gay_couples_who_wed_in_other_states/

Good News #2: Same-sex marriage comes to New Jersey
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/10/1282-good-news-2-same-sex-marriage.html
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/10/christie_withdraws_appeal_of_gay_marriage_ruling.html#incart_m-rpt-1
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/21/gay-couples-wed-as-nj-recognizes-nuptials/3141655/
http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/2013/10/mayor_cory_booker_officiates_f.html
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/21/retired_catholic_priest_officiates_midnight_vows_for_gay_couples_in_new_jersey/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/christie-gay-marriage-appeal_n_4135867.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/21/gay-marriage-tennessee-lawsuit/3145541/

Good News #3: Ex-Kansas AttGen Phill Kline's law license suspended
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2005/02/when-i-look-over-my-shoulder.html
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/18/former_kansas_attorney_general_debarred_over_targeting_of_abortion_providers/
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/18/4560734/kline-indefinitely-suspended-from.html
http://www.forbes.com/colleges/liberty-university/

Clown Award: Sen. James Inhofe
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/jim-inhofe-obamacare_n_4137864.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/inhofe-oklahoma-tornado-aid_n_3312972.html
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/james-inhofe-says-bible-refutes-climate-change
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe

Hero Award: Malala Yousafzai
http://abcnews.go.com/International/exclusive-malala-yousafzai-continues-fight-education-year/story?id=20547267
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/10/11/205176/obama-and-first-lady-meet-with.html
http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/10/15/drones-the-media-and-malalas-message/
http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/04/24/drone-strike-testimony-not-news/

Outrage of the Week: Voter suppression in VA and TX
http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_24273825/lawmakers-start-push-early-voting
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/federal-judge-rejects-democratic-challenge-to-virginia-voter-roll-purge/2013/10/18/26235068-3809-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html?hpid=z2
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/10/17/virginia-election-officials-purging-almost-40000-voters/
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/va-removes-k-from-voter-rolls-over-democrats-objections/article_2d111de4-49de-523b-bd9c-5d93b7c0a00e.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-opinions-are-local/wp/2013/10/22/the-polling-gets-worse-for-cuccinelli/
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/texas-republicans-find-a-way-to-disenfranchise-women-voters/news/2013/10/17/77023#.UmF3Bmoo6Ul
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/10/17/2789931/threat-women-texas/
http://www.brennancenter.org/
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/14/voter_id_judges_shocking_admission_we_got_it_wrong/
http://www.thenation.com/blog/176641/judge-who-framed-voter-id-laws-constitutional-says-he-got-it-wrong#
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2008/01/footnote-to-both-of-preceding-yeah-what.html

Roots Action petition:
http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6180