Left Side of the Aisle #156

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of April 24-30, 2014

This week:

Good News: small South Carolina town supports lesbian police chief
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/18/south-carolina-lesbian-police-chief-crystal-moore_n_5170175.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/18/pew-gay-acceptance-poll-_n_5175296.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/04/15/global-morality/table/homosexuality/

Update: charges dropped for boy who taped being bullied
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/04/1556-clown-award-south-fayette-high.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/west/2014/04/16/Charge-against-student-who-recorded-alleged-bullying-will-be-dropped/stories/201404160165

Clown Award: state of Louisiana
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2014/04/01/louisiana-house-passes-omnibus-abortion-bill/
http://www.salon.com/2014/04/01/louisiana_house_passes_sweeping_abortion_restrictions_in_the_name_of_womens_safety/
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/11/louisiana-lawmakers-advance-bill-that-would-make-the-bible-the-states-official-book/
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/04/louisiana_bible_state_book.html
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tonymerevick/the-67-louisiana-lawmakers-who-voted-that-gay-sex-should-be

RIP: Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/20/us/rubin-hurricane-carter-obit/

Outrage of the Week: SCOTUS ignores racism, undercuts affirmative action while pretending it didn't
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-upholds-michigan-affirmative-action-ban-n86626
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/supreme-court-upholds-michigans
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/affirmative1.html
http://www.civilrights.org/resources/civilrights101/affirmaction.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emily-timbol/white-christians_b_4855846.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/loud-music-shooting-michael-dunn-guilty-of-attempted-murder-1.2539034
http://www.nymbp.org/reference/WhitePrivilege.pdf
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-241.ZS.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/us/supreme-court-michigan-affirmative-action-ban.html?_r=0
http://www.freep.com/article/20140422/NEWS06/304220075/Supreme-Court-upholds-Michigan-s-ban-on-affirmative-action-in-college-admissions
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-23/affirmative-action-ruling-challenges-colleges-seeking-diversity.html
http://www.lawnix.com/cases/plessy-ferguson.html
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304049904579517521606356770

One final thought
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/supreme-court-upholds-michigans