<p>AST week's ruling by the highest court in Massachusetts legalizing gay marriage was perfectly timed in many ways.</p>
<p>It feels like a snowball effect, coming only months after Canada legalized marriage and three years after Vermont allowed civil unions for gay couples. And it comes just in time for same-sex couples to begin planning a June wedding.</p>
<p>It also makes one think that same-sex weddings may soon become nearly as commonplace as the traditional black tie, country club and limousine kind.</p>
