The issue is down for the moment, but not dead by a long shot. Pandora's Box has already been opened, and I'd like to see someone try to close it. Not even Massachusetts could completely shut the issue down.

And here is how open the box is.

Interesting...more gay marriages have taken place in the States in 3 months (6100) than in the Netherlands over the past 3 years (5700).

It's a start...and I imagine that more gay couples would get married if they knew they didn't have to worry about their marriage being invalidated.

Syc, The Netherlands is only a little bigger than Maryland, though. . .

Population or surface area?

I was looking at surface area. . .

Population of the Netherlands is aroundabout 16 million.
Population in New York State is somewhere around 18 million.