apparently the backwater is pissed.
there are delightful bytes in this article from those christian charmers of the national organization for marriage, everyone's favorite hate group:
New York: Activists celebrate gay marriage victory, but the fight goes on | World news | The Observer
and those progressives in the ratzinger-dominated catholic church.
so i doubt this is over.
but at the moment at least i'm pleased that new york--with a republican-controlled legislature--has taken a step out of the backwater by recognizing the obvious right of people to love whom they choose and avail themselves of the advantages and protections of the civil institution of marriage.