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TGIF Folks!!!

Michelle Malkin discusses more racism by Sen Biden, which is virtually ignored by the media and the rest of the democratic party.

Read here how one of the North Korean missiles was aimed at Hawaii, courtesy of Sister Toldjah.

Ren Joe Lieberman faces an internal party attack and is essentially being shunned by fellow democrats for the sin of supporting the Iraq War.  Apparently his VP run was not enough to grant him any loyalty.  Read more at QandO.

And for a nice post on friendship, see what Angel has to say.  It is often forgotten in the desire top scoop and report that sometimes it is just nice to be nice, and just remember your friends.

More to come, as friday grinds on.

Gay Marriage is an obviously hot topic.  See here for my previous thoughts on it.

Suffice to say I think this is another issue where the real issue is lost behind the emotional rhetoric and arguments. 

To me the real issue is and always has been the Federal government’s stranglehold and control of marriage, and the benefits it bestows. Any church in the country can sanctify a marriage, but only the Federal government can bestow the real prize:  Recognized benefit and dependency in taxes and social security.  Any other issue can, and often has been dealt with at a state level.

In other words, if you remove the issue of tax exemption, and filing status, the issue is sudden nto so lopsided.  Many companies offer domestic partnership benefits, and some states off civil unions.  The only sacred cow left is Federal Taxes and Social Security.

In my post above I detail how to resolve that. 

The Court system has, however ignored my sage advice and continues to dabble in marriage where it really does not belong.

Up till now, the foes of gay marriage have been frustrated as they pass laws, or ballot initiatives, often by overwhelming margins, only to have the courts step in and clutter the issue based on emotion, not reason.

Today though two State Supreme Courts have restored some faith to the power of states to self govern themselves.

First, we go to New York

NY court rules against gay marriage

New York’s highest court ruled Thursday that gay marriage is not allowed under state law, rejecting arguments by same-sex couples who said the law violates their constitutional rights.

The Court of Appeals in a 4-2 decision said New York’s marriage law is constitutional and clearly limits marriage to between a man and a woman. Any change in the law should come from the state Legislature, Judge Robert Smith wrote.

"We do not predict what people will think generations from now, but we believe the present generation should have a chance to decide the issue through its elected representatives," Smith wrote.