Just one little thing

In a story today (their emphasis) in the WaPo is this:

"Look, marriage is important to me," says Barron, 36, chairman of GOProud, an advocacy group for gay conservatives. "I support marriage equality. But it's a state issue, and states ought to be able to work through this process. And we're winning. The left seems hellbent on pulling defeat from the jaws of victory by focusing on this courts-only strategy. It's a complete and total turnoff to a huge segment of the voting population."

Look, I don't care if gays want to be Republicans. I don't understand it (hell, why not just be a blue dog?) but there are a lot of things about politics I don't understand.

But Mr Barron needs to remember that even if a state passes gay marriage, DOMA makes it second-class. No federal tax application. No immigration recognition - the foreign partner's visa can run out and there's no refuge from deportation. Hell, you can't even have your legal name on your passport, meaning your state ID and passport won't match.

"Let the states do it" isn't enough.

(And yes I know who signed DOMA. Just one of his many disappointing moments.)