Obama Administration's Decision to Ignore DOMA

I found a great quote in my in-basket today:

"The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy." --Benjamin Franklin, Emblematical Representations, 1774

Those who are wasting their precious energy attacking the Obama administration for deciding to ignore the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act" would do well to ponder the meaning of those words.

There are bigger fish to fry. Focusing on anti-Gay Marriage and anti-abortion positions serves only to dilute the energy we can direct at working toward a more limited government.

Yes, there is a lot of heat around these issues, however, there is precious little light. For example, quoting the Old Testament in a land of predominantly Christian believers is disingenuous and unhelpful.

One might almost wonder if these issues continue to be brought to the forefront in a calculated attempt to keep the anti-socialist and libertarian memes, so dear to most of us, from taking hold and taking over the political landscape of the Right.