The Legalizing of Same-sex Marriage

           Recently legalizing gay marriage has really became apparent.  In the state of Tennessee it is currently illegal to marry the same sex but that does stop LGBT citizens from marrying anyway. They would more than likely just marry in stats that does allow gay marriage like California,Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, and then come back. The problem with this is if they choose to divorce they would not be able to because they would not have lived in the state of which they were married, and because of this they would be stuck together. Honestly gay people have every right to get married because they are normal people and they should be able to be together and want what straight people have.

The Government Shut Down

The Government Shutdown is the effect of political parties not agreeing about Obama Care. What is a Government Shutdown? Congress has one key duty in the Constitution -- pass spending bills that fund the government. If it doesn't, most functions of government -- from funding agencies to paying out small business loans and processing passport requests -- grinds to a halt

House Republicans insist any new spending bill include provisions to either defund, derail or otherwise chip away at Obama Care. Senate Democrats are just as insistent that it doesn't.

Because of the Shutdown some workers are furloughed; most of the 3.3 million government workers are deemed "essential" -- they'll keep working. But more than 800,000 government employees will sit at home, according to a CNN analysis. Many of the furloughed federal workers are supposed to be out of their offices within four hours of the start of business Tuesday a three- to four-week shutdown would cost the economy about $55 billion.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/politics/government-shutdown-up-to-speed/