FEAR OF THE VOTERS:

Petition bid to ban gay marriage said to gain (Michael Levenson, October 3, 2005, Boston Globe)

Activists backed by the state's four bishops say they are well on the way to collecting enough signatures to place a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in Massachusetts on the 2008 ballot.

Yesterday, organizers said they had collected some 25,000 signatures since Sept. 21, including thousands during the official launch of the drive this weekend. They said they had enlisted hundreds of volunteers who had canvassed in about one-third of approximately 659 Catholic churches in Massachusetts, finding a mostly supportive response. [...]

Outside several churches yesterday, including the cathedral, where Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley celebrated Mass, gay-rights activists waving signs asked parishioners, in the words of one, ''not to sign the petition in support of discrimination."

It's a pretty good indicator of how delusional the secular Left has become that they think people will be embarrassed to have it known they oppose gay rights.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 3, 2005 6:31 AM