As the nation gets more accustomed to referring to “gay marriage” and “same sex marriage” by it’s proper name, marriage equality, those barely concealed homophobic laws enacted in the first decade of the 21st century banning gays and lesbians from marrying, seem to be falling faster than ‘Born Agains’ at a baptism. Erik Eckholm from The NY Times wrote an excellent piece this past weekend, Wave of Appeals Expected to Turn the Tide on Same-Sex Marriage Bans, that is worth reading.
Eckholm writes, “Legal experts say the country is entering what one called a “marriage spring” and predict that several of the circuit courts, which hold sway over a group of states, will rule that state laws limiting marriage to a man and a woman are unconstitutional.”
Give the article a read if you missed it and are interested in this sort of thing. It is brief and very easy to follow. You can read it here.
BosGuy 
I always use the term “same gender marriage”
Take the “sex” out of the thinking process.
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Oh and how Rhode Island got a legistlative marriage equality – we had two champions inside the legislature in Frank Ferri and Donna Nesselbush. Plus I think the legislators realized that if we were to go to court over the issue there was a real danger of essentially invalidating family law in the state. So a legislative solution it had to be.
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Oh of course – all the scare mongering done by the likes of NOM was only so much hot air. And the judiciary knows this. I recall the Prop 8 trial – where NOM’s star witness essentially made our case for us. That and the striking down of Section 3 of the federal DOMA have gotten a lot of citation in the rulings thus far and will continue to do so.
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