I don't know about the rest of the country but in the NY metro area this has been a non-stop story for the past 2 weeks. I don't really know how to explain this but it seems like this was all staged. From the outset I knew it was going to pass, but the media made it seem like some sort of high drama. One day the legislature was about to pass it, next thing they were getting ready to go on break, and everyone was biting their nails wondering, "will we finally get gay marriage in NY?". Personally I knew it was going to pass, so cut the drama and just pass it already! If you really wanted to know what the people think, you'd put it to a referendum, but we all know how THAT would go.
At least CT was honest about it. The court imposed it on us, and if you damned conservatives and religious people didn't like it TOUGH!
I guess if I'm going to live in a totalitarian state, I'd just prefer they be up front about it and stop making like we the people have a say.