Even the Reagan appointed appeals judge who has ordered that the insurance cover the spouse did not decide that DOMA was unconstitutional. From the same SF Chronicle article you linked to above:
The judges' rulings are not binding on courts considering the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act. Kozinski steered clear of that question in a January ruling in Golinski's case, choosing instead to interpret federal law as allowing insurance coverage for any employee who was legally married in her home state.
Do you know about Andrew Bacevich? This link is to a somewhat dated bio. Whether I agree with Col. Bacevich or not is irrelevant, he's paid a dear price for his right to speak out, and I'll listen.
This adds some background:
Andrew J. Bacevich, "I Lost My Son to a War I Oppose. We Were Both Doing Our Duty.", Washington Post, May 27, 2007
Someone should tell Frum that he looks like a damn fool having an online webcammed chat, not using a hands off phone.
]]>"...why is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed headed for trial in federal court in the Southern District of New York? Why is he entitled to a presumption of innocence and all of the constitutional protections of a U.S. citizen?"
Buchanan conflates reality:
"If we must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that KSM was complicit in mass murder, by what right do we send Predators and Special Forces to kill his al-Qaida comrades wherever we find them? For none of them has been granted a fair trial."
"...How does Justice handle a defense demand for a change of venue...?
"Were not KSM's Miranda rights impinged when he was not only not told he could have a lawyer on capture, but told that his family would be killed and he would be waterboarded if he refused to talk?"
"What do we do if the case against KSM is thrown out because the government refuses to reveal sources or methods, or if he gets a hung jury, or is acquitted, or has his conviction overturned?"
What underlies Buchanan's raving is his deep, embedded distrust of the American Justice System:
"In America, trials often become games, where the prosecution, though it has truth on its side, loses because it inadvertently breaks one of the rules."