Progress.

With the arrest of Sen. Craig re-stoking many isolated peoples' worst stereotypes and bigotries about gay men, could there be good news on the horizon? A sea change?

Yesterday in Iowa (so not exactly Massachusetts), a judge in Polk Country overturned the state's same-sex marriage ban, stating it violated constitutional rights of due process and equal protection. He also "ordered local officials to process marriage licenses" to gay couples.

A county attorney planned to appeal (possibly even to the state Supreme Court) to reinstate the ban. If he gets a less progressive judge, he may even succeed. But this is a good step.

[PS- Matthew Yglesias has a good post on the hypocrisy and bigotry of social conservatives-- vis-à-vis Sen. Craig-- and the consequences it's had for gay men and women among them.]