Dis-Strib-Ute

The Sunday edition of the Star Tribune had one of those articles that gives the Strib its cellar-dweller reputation among conservatives.

It was pure agenda-driven agitprop in favor of homosexual marriage. The article, entitled Hand in Hand, offered nothing more than the story of two retired men who had been a support to each other for years.

Every Sunday morning, as sunlight seeps through the cream and blue church windows, Ken Dedina and Bobby Paula walk from their second-row pew, hand in hand, to take communion together.

The two retired men scurry downstairs a few minutes later, as the singing and services end at All God's Children Metropolitan Community Church in south Minneapolis.
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For others in the Twin Cities gay community, Dedina and Paula provide a reason to believe in monogamy and the power of long-term relationships. They've been together 48 years, helping each other through unemployment, diabetes, depression and even a quintuple bypass surgery.

"For a gay couple to stay together since they met in 1957 is pretty unusual, particularly for men of their generation -- they're gems of God," said the Rev. Paul Eknes-Tucker, pastor at All God's Children, where the motto on the church program tells worshippers to "just come as you are."

There's the usual tale of oppression:

The bar they'd visit in the basement of a brownstone in Manhattan required a secret knock and a peephole check before you'd be allowed in. If someone suspicious was at the door, the light over the tiny dance floor would switch on and everyone would split up and sit at tables.

"Homosexuality was an arrestable offense," Dedina said. "The cops could walk right in and do whatever they wanted."

The real reason for this article becomes clear towards the end of the piece:

Having support in an increasingly accepting community has helped Dedina and Paula maintain their relationship for nearly 50 years. But there have been times when they wish the union could be legally on par with heterosexual marriages.

In this metro area of nearly 3 mllion people, how many stories do you think there are of people supporting each other through thick and thin, through illness and hard times? Out of all those stories, how did the Strib settle on a gay couple who wished they could be legally married?

I'll tell you how. The Strib didn't just happen to come across this story and think gee, our readers might enjoy this heartwarming story. No, the far-Left editorial bent of the Star Tribune does not allow passivity. The paper continually pushes its agenda in front of its readers. If the activist Left can push things far enough so that gay marriage is instituted by judicial fiat, they would be thrilled. No need to go through the messy process of persuading voters. But if the activist Left can keep pushing things till voters just give in and say oh what's the harm, then that works too.

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Rambix noticed the same article.