Herald Editors Speak, but Boston Globe Stands Mute

While the Boston Globe editorial page remains mute, Boston’s other newspaper, the Herald, (whose target market is more blue-collar than that of the ultra-liberal Globe) penned an editorial yesterday on the legislature’s suppression of the marriage petition and concluded it with an excellent question (poorly phrased):

Those who defend the defiant lawmakers argue, unconvincingly, that the refusal to vote is some noble act of civil disobedience. They’re the same people who vest their authority in this same court’s decision to allow gay marriage. So which opinion is OK to ignore?

Permitting and excusing such inconsistent behavior is a hallmark of states that are subject to the rule of men rather than the rule of law. We are reaping what we have sown.