Spiff... It has been a while. My gay cousin and I have come up with our "wish list" for everyone.

Get the government completely out of the marriage business. How ?

1. Abolish the current tax code completely and replace it with a National sales tax. Now there is no more marriage penalty, no more hiding income (as a side note, the Kerry family had a net tax rate of 12 % ... pretty good for someone making $5 mill per year NET). And yes, plenty of super-rich Republicans pay the same low rate.

When you do this, you get rid of favorable rules for married people... etc...

2. Allow ANYONE the option of Private Social Security ... when you turn 67, ALL that money you put in is yours, and can be given to anyone you want.

3. Eliminate Estate taxes. Again, having the ability to give moneys to anyone you want works.

NOW... with these three major policy changes, Marriage becomes a religious decision. Anyone could then join a church which DOES allow Gay marriage, and everyone is happy.

Plus, we get to tax drug dealers, prostitutes, and the super-rich no longer get to make 7% TAX FREE on their money...

By the way, the National Sales tax has a built in credit for the less well off to ensure they pay nothing in taxes, and EVERYTHING they earn, they keep.