"Separate is seldom, if ever, equal" - The SJC has settled the confusion over the Goodridge ruling by mandating gay marriage in Massachusetts. Here's the text of today's ruling.

Among the consequences? Possibly this "emergency act" proposed in the Virginia House of Delegates, which may prevent courts in the state from recognizing even private contractual arrangements among same-sex partners. Or this one in Ohio, passed today, barring state agencies from giving benefits to both gay and heterosexual domestic partners.