Full disclosure: I live in Massachusetts, currently the only state where gay marriage is legal. Opponents made a big deal about this the first few days it was enacted, but since then it's fallen off the radar screen. My guess is when they saw the sun rise the next day and saw that their own marriages didn't really get undermined by some couples in Provincetown and Northampton, they settled down.
Now an article in today's Boston Globe (1/18/05) shows that their one trump card -- a state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage -- is on the rocks because of the turnover at the state house. A few gay marriage opponents left office or were voted out (although I doubt for that reason) and now those opponents doubt they have the votes. Even Governor Mitt Romney has barely brought it up since he realized that most state residents just plain don't care.
Massachusetts is a "blue state" but exhibits that New England trait of strong individualism and personal independence that non-residents don't grasp. Regardless of political affiliation, most people here consider gay marriage a non-issue. Quite a few wondered what all the fuss was about.
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