When it comes to the Defense of Marriage Act, it seems that Barack Obama is trying to do his best Mario Cuomo impersonation.The White House announced yesterday that President Obama was wrestling with the whole gay marriage thing.  And while the President grapples with the moral and societal implications of gay marriage over snifters of brandy in his White House study, the Justice Department, per the President's instruction, will cease to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court.  Seems that the President is taking the Cuomo script on abortion and applying it to gay marriage.  Recall that former Governor Cuomo was famous for tussling with the abortion question.  Cuomo would make public declarations about how tough the abortion question was to settle.  But settle the abortion question, Cuomo did.Governor Cuomo made it clear that he personally opposed abortion but that he couldn't possibly impose that belief on others.  Hence, abortion should be legal,...(Read Full Post)