Morning and Happy Fathers Day.\u00a0 Here’s our weekly weekend wrap-up of the region’s editorial pages.<\/p>\n
The Plattsburgh Press Republican<\/a> celebrates fathers and also celebrates the revolution in the way dads join in the parenting chores.<\/p>\n Now, most fathers share child-rearing duties. They are still the pillars of strength, but they also bend to give kisses. They might reprimand the kids when they misbehave, but they are also there cheering \u2014 for both sons and daughters \u2014 when they win games and consoling them when they lose. They still demand respect, but they aren’t afraid to cuddle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n In the Glens Falls Post Star<\/a>, managing editor Ken Tingley doles out praise for state Sen. Roy McDonald, a conservative Republican who announced that he will vote in favor of gay marriage.<\/p>\n Roy McDonald, representing a district where many constituents are so far right they would never make a left turn, announced he was voting for gay marriage.<\/p>\n He did it with classic McDonald flair.<\/p>\n He said he was tired of Republican-Democrat politics. He said they could take this job and shove it if the people didn’t like it. He even dropped an exasperated F-bomb.<\/p>\n The most important thing to remember, and the thing that you should consider most, is he said he was trying to do the right thing.<\/p>\n In the face of adversity, while breaking ranks with his own party and many of his constituents, he said this was a matter of conscience.<\/p>\n Consider the courage that took.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Adirondack Daiy Enterprise<\/a> is chiding the Adirondack Council.\u00a0 According to the newspaper’s editorial board, the green group is talking like a legitimate partner in the North Country, but sending rabble-rousy fundraising letters to people outside the region.<\/p>\n Whether or not this double-talk is surprising, many Adirondackers, including us, find it dishonest and, at first blush, offensive. The Council could more effectively protect the environment if it spoke consistently, without changing its story to rile up downstaters on one hand and placate upstaters on the other.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n