Deandra Gutierrez

Democracy Now #9

Several same-sex couples received their marriage licenses in Arkansas this weekend after a judge overturned the state's marriage equality ban. Judge Chris Piazza's ruling Friday, made Arkansas the latest state to have its gay marriage ban struck down in court, following Utah, Michigan, Virginia, Texas and Oklahoma so far this year. As in other states, the Arkansas attorney general says he plans to appeal, which means the ban could be reinstated. Most county clerks' offices that were open refused to grant the marriage licenses on that Saturday, but over a dozen couples were processed at the county clerk in Eureka Springs. Jennifer Rambo and Kristin Seaton were the first couple to obtain a license in Arkansas. I really like that the judge let them get a marriage licenses because I feel everyone should be allowed to get married not matter if they are straight or not. It's is not our decision on deciding who people could marry and who they cannot marry. The State Department says U.S. operatives in Yemen have killed two people in a failed kidnap attempt. A Special Operations commander and a CIA officer were apparently getting haircuts in the capital Sana last month when two armed militants tried to take them into captivity. It is unclear what the American operatives were doing in Yemen, but that they decided to leave the country. On Sunday, a spate of violence continued when a suicide bomber killed at least 10 Yemeni soldiers in a southern city. The attack was in apparent retaliation for a massive Yemeni campaign that has killed dozens of alleged al-Qaeda fighters in recent weeks. Earlier today, an apparent U.S. Drone Strike killed at least five alleged militants in eastern Yemen. I feel like they should of got more information about why they two men left the country and found out why they were killed before they decided to go public with this information.