Posted on 12/29/2005 12:30:00 PM PST by presidio9
(Brockton, MA) — Supporters of gay marriage in Massachusetts have posted all 123,356 names and addresses of those who signed a petition to reverse legalized same-sex marriage throughout the state on a well known gay rights Web site. Employees and volunteers posted the names on Knowthyneighbor.org. The database is searchable by first name, last name, home town, and ZIP code and offers visitors a 'fraud affidavit" to use 'if your name is listed and you believe you were a victim of petition fraud."
Supporters of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in Massachusetts shattered a 20-year-old record for the most certified signatures ever gathered in support of a proposed ballot question.
The proposed amendment is intended to overrule a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision that legalized same-sex "marriage" in May 2004. An estimated 6,500 gay and lesbian couples have since married in the state.
If approved by voters, the amendment would require the state to define marriage "only as the union of one man and one woman." This would prohibit gay "marriage" after 2008, but would not affect established homosexual marriages.
"The people have not just spoken, they have shouted to let the people vote on the definition of marriage," Kristian Mineau, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, which spearheaded the signature drive, told the Boston Globe.
As of press time Tuesday, no formal complaints had been filed against Knowthyneighbor.org.
Are you sure it isn't also "saaay?" I'm not questioning your gayness, it's just that I lived in Greenwich Village for a number of years and could have sworn I heard it both ways.
Two guys who run an antiques store are the point men for challenging this publication of the names on the petition???? Guess the gay mafia really has infiltrated this operation.
Oh, sorry, got caught up with all the stereotypical assumptions that seem to pervade these topics on here.
Uhmm, I would think they had access to the list since its a public record . . . could just be guessing though.
"Hardball" would be cross-indexing this database -- "An estimated 6,500 gay and lesbian couples have since married in the state", with this database -- Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry, and then publish the list on the web.
That's "hardball".
"Names Posted of Opponents to Mass. Gay Marriage"
Post up the names of those for gay marriage. My bet is the ACLU will come screaming that it is an invasion of privacy. And it hurts their wittle feewings.
Generally , you want to have a secret ballot for obvious reasons. Although this is not making a secret ballot public, it is getting close to that.
I like it.
Actually, at the last gay mafia meeting we had we voted to discontinue the use of Saay and it is now no longer correct. No self-respecting gay person would ever utter "Saay" anymore.
Thanks. How could I ever hope to infiltrate their ranks without your insider help. Now be a good gay conservative and behave or I'll give you over to the mafia. You know very well what their policy is with traitors.
What is so respectful about private sexual preferences?
Didn't do us any good out here.
Can I get on the list even if I don't live in Taxachuettes?
Well, now we know where a lot of decent people live. Everyone on this list should receive a "thank you" card from decent Americans. And yes I know not all gays are deviant freaks and some straights are but I'm also covered by the first amendment.
that is a good question, isn't it?
The anti gun crowd does the same, posts names and addresses of anyone who gets a concealed carry permit for firearms. It is a form of "outing". It is not done for nice reasons.
Thank you for sending that...
Those two are... pigs... scum... freaks... bottom feeding idiots.... etc. etc.
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