> Alabama finally enters the 21st century
Something about that wording rubs me the wrong way -- probably the fact that no jurisdiction in the world recognized gay marriage at the beginning of the 21st century.
As I've noted before, the first jurisdiction in the world in which gay marriage became legal was the Netherlands, where the law came into effect on April 1, 2001. (The law had, however, been passed and signed by the Queen before 2001.) So, yeah, I too dislike equating "enters the 21st century" with "legalizing gay marriage", especially when it's done via a judicial ruling.