The comparison between Massachusetts and Spain, Holland, etc is not equivalent. Of course, those nations have allowed what only a state of this burg has dared recognize.

Also, doesn't England offer civil marriage to same sex couples too? I know they do because my friend had to move there to be with her girlfriend (now her spouse) because they were tired of the expense of visas and the hassle from immigration as they traveled back and forth to be with each other.

Immigration rights are over looked way too much in this conversation (of sorts) about equal treatment.

I wonder how close England comes to equal treatment with their civil marriage law. Obviously, it offers at least immigration rights. MA can't do anything about that.

The UK has civil partnerships, which offer all the right and obligations of marriage.

Yes, MA can't do anything about the feds. But they've made it possible to, with continued efforts and never-ending lawsuits, move the feds one day on this issue.

Also, I hope that people are not taking Stephen Colbert literally when he says that gays should come with warning labels... If so, then I say to you "learn sarcasm."

Rauchen macht sehr schnell abhängig: Fangen Sie gar nicht erst an! (Smoking is highly addictive: Don't even start!)

With regards to my own homosexuality, that first part definitely seems to be true. The more I do it, the more I can't seem to do without it. And once I started, I was immediately hooked. But then, I'd have to remove the "Don't even start!" Since I'm not the least bit sorry I did. So maybe it's not a good one.

How about "Homosexuality greatly reduces your chance of legal marriage"? Or "Homo Xing"? "This side up"? (I'd have to have mine on the front and back.) "Homosexual. Do not bend." There's one I can get behind.

Having spent time in various parts of Colombia, traveling and meeting locals, I assure you that it isn't a bunch of mud-huts and poverty. Bogotá's financial district feels as upscale as San Francisco's. The ATMs use friggin' fringerprints instead of PINs! Medellín is a city of culture and art and home to many Latin music stars. Cartegena's lovely beaches and fantastic nightlife match anything I've seen in New York. In short: Colombia kicks ass. A shame about all the bad guys living in the jungles.

Now if Bolivia were to adopt same-sex marriage, that would be humiliation. That's a poor country with mud-huts and locals that will take a dump ON THE BUS if they can't wait for the next stop. That's a different South America.

Makes me mad that the Pope and religious conservatives have made Family a bit of a dirty word when it's one of the best things we've got going to gain gay rights.