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Another day, another Courant plug for same-sex “marriage.” At least they ran it as an editorial this time. But it’s still a mess:

Since Massachusetts became the first and so far only state to allow same-sex marriages in 2003, about 8,000 couples have united with no apparent social cataclysm.

In the two years since the 4-3 court decision imposing same-sex “marriage” on Massachusetts went into effect, Boston’s Catholic Charities was forced to end its century old adoption services rather than be coerced by law into placing children with same-sex couples and evangelical Christian father David Parker was arrested for trying to protect his 5 year old son from a pro same-sex “marriage” book being read in the boy’s kindergarten class. In other words, our predictions about the negative effect of same-sex “marriage” on religious freedom, parental rights and school curriculum are already coming true.

The Courant editorial says that civil unions are not recognized by other states—without noting that, under the federal DOMA, neither is same-sex “marriage.”

The editors also says that “this is about love” and, apparently, nothing more. As usual, there is no mention of the well-being of children—a key factor in the NY Court of Appeals decision against same-sex “marriage.” 

“Opponents of same-sex marriage this month claimed new ‘victories’ in their battle,” complains the Courant. Who, us? Well, yes. The paper clucks its editorial tongue at the “45 states that have laws or constitutional amendments” banning same-sex “marriage” and then accuses a state Superior Court judge of “add[ing] to the polarization” by not imposing same-sex “marriage” on Connecticut.

Only in the Bizarro World inhabited by Courant editors could a 45-state consensus on anything be viewed as polarization. Indeed, the paper’s claim that Judge Pittman added to the supposed polarization by not imposing same-sex “marriage” on Connecticut is further proof that the editors of our state’s most influential newspaper are on their own planet.