take the defensive marriage act, or dona. the republican congress is all for giving states control on that. today the attorney general of new york joined a legal challenge of doma in the case of a widow with taxes that she wouldn't have owed if she had been married to a man instead of a woman. so in republican america, we still have no jobs bill, we still have no deal to save the u.s. government from default, but we can begin to see the outlines of a place where you can bring your concealed weapons across state lines but not your lawfully wedded spouse. what's up, smart?