The NJ court got it nearly right. They seem to have gone the Vermont civil union route rather than the Massachusetts full equal protection including the name route. But given the recent boneheaded (to be polite about it) NY decision, yeah, I suppose I don't have much room to quibble. In NYC's defense, it was the state government that rejected gay marriage, though. And the state government is ruled by upstaters. Maybe if Elliot Spitzer gets in as gov we'll have a chance of making NY state a little more progressive.

If I may whine about only semi-related issues...The number of cars in NYC has really been depressing me lately. Plus I seem to be developing either a low grade panic reaction or asthma: my breathing gets shaky when I bike too near cars. I want to move to Zermatt. Or maybe Zuerich, except that we'd never be able to afford to live in the car-free zone.