  A REPUBLICAN MAKES SENSE I know, it is hard to believe. Since I so often point out the stupid and false things Republicans say, I felt obligated to point out a case where a Republican actually makes sense and seems to adhere to conservative principles.
Besides someone has to link to this stuff while urlLink Andrew Sullivan is on vacation. Bob Barr, former Republican congressman from Georgia, wrote an urlLink op-ed in todays Washington Post regarding Gay Marriage and the proposed constitutional ammendment: Marriage is a quintessential state issue. The Defense of Marriage Act goes as far as is necessary in codifying the federal legal status and parameters of marriage. A constitutional amendment is both unnecessary and needlessly intrusive and punitive. What's that? Federalism? Limited government? No wonder he's no longer in congress, that type of conservatism would never be tolerated in today's Republican party. Don't get me wrong, I don't support the Defense of Marriage act, but at least he is opposing tinkering with the constitution. 
