This week’s lesson pertained to the Supreme Court and how they have the power to interpret the law. The lesson involved an assignment about gay marriage and the Defense of Marriage Act. I chose to draw a political cartoon depicting this. In the drawing you have President Obama, a supporter of gay rights, beside John Boehner, The Speaker of the House. Republicans for the most part have had a strong opposition to the issue of gay marriage, yet it seems that the US is slowly starting to support legislation that would allow for this to happen. Recently, some states have either passed laws were it has become legal or they have overturned legislation that prohibited it from occurring. In the cartoon, you can see Obama looking at Boehner and pointing at a giant elephant (the elephant in the room). Boehner on the other had keeps his eyes closed in order to avoid looking at what more than likely will happen down the road.