Morning, everybody.\u00a0 A wide array of topics on editorial pages across the North Country this morning, but one interesting intersection is the passionate support by two key newspapers for same-sex marriage legislation.<\/p>\n
The Plattsburgh Press-Republican<\/a> is arguing that New York’s legislature should get behind the gay marriage bill, describing the measure now being considered in Albany as “a civil rights issue.”<\/p>\n It is time for New York state to approve same-sex marriage. We say that in full understanding of the fact that some people have firm moral objections to the idea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n That view is shared this weekend by the Adirondack Daily Enterprise<\/a> — they call gay marriage “a question of liberty” and urge state Senator Betty Little to change her vote from a No to a Yes.<\/p>\n New York’s Senate should pass a bill, already approved by the Assembly and promoted by the governor, that would let same-sex couples get marriage licenses, something they can already do in five other states and the District of Columbia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Watertown Daily Times<\/a> talks this week about the national debt, pointing out that Federal deficits are really worse than the $14.3 trillion number we usually hear about.<\/p>\n The White House and Congress are far from any agreement on raising the debt ceiling so that Washington could borrow more money to meet its current obligations.<\/p>\n But the debt is less than a fourth of the $61.6 trillion in financial promises by the government to debt holders, senior citizens, military personnel and government employees, according to a USA Today analysis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n