September 10, 2005
TURN ABOUT'S FAIR PLAY (via bboys):
Gay advocates plan to post names of anti-gay marriage petition signers (AP, September 8, 2005)
Two gay activists are promising to post on the Internet the names and addresses of anyone who signs a petition that could lead to a statewide ban on gay marriage. [...][Thomas] Lang, 42, said the name, street address, hometown and ZIP code of everyone who signs the petition will be posted on the Web site KnowThyNeighbor.org.
"Everyone's scrambling to know who in their town would sign this," Lang told the Boston Herald. "And this Web site will give gay people the tools to know, to defend themselves and their families, to let them go neighbor-to-neighbor and say, 'I don't appreciate your signing this.'"
"I'm going to be aggressive personally," he said. "I want to know that the people I do business with are not against (gay marriage). This is going to be won by economics."
It seems only fair to have a website listing those who register to marry or who sign pro-gay petitions as well. The economics wouldn't work out the way Mr. Lang thinks. Of course, it won't happen because the opponents of gay marriage are not haters, like Mr. Lang and his cohorts. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 10, 2005 6:28 AM
What is it about people who go on and on about privacy and keeping people of of their bedrooms that makes them want to violate the privacy of anyone and everyone who opposes any point in their agenda? While Nixon kept his Enemies List secret, these people ar at least letting everyone know who it is who is safe to hate.
(I know that signing a petition is a public act, but still...)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at September 10, 2005 12:07 PMFine with me, Mr. Lang. Then watch in horror as target marketing comes to bite your attempt at forcing the economics issue in the rear.
I wish more people would do this sort of thing on any issue. If you really think about it, we don't need to be that interdependent.
Posted by: Brad S at September 10, 2005 1:32 PM