Gay rights advocates to “out” those who support referendum opposing domestic partnerships
posted at 9:03 pm on June 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
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A group called WhoSigned.org says it will publicize the names of people signing petitions for Referendum 71, which seeks a public vote to overturn a new expansion of Washington’s same-sex partnerships…
In a statement Monday, WhoSigned.org says it expects people who see the names online to contact the signers for what may be uncomfortable talks about gay rights.
That’s as good as euphemism as any for what they have in mind. If it’s all about pressuring opponents of gay rights with boycotts and “direct action” of various sorts, legitimate and otherwise, why allow a secret ballot at all? Force everyone to sign on the dotted line at the polling place and then publish their names. That’s what this amounts to in practice anyway.
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Tolerance!
JammieWearingFool on June 1, 2009 at 9:06 PM
So much for “tolerance” and finding “common ground” on the hard issues…
Branch Rickey on June 1, 2009 at 9:07 PM
They make it easy for their opponents…and they are making it personal too. If they fail, they have no one to blame but themselves (though they won’t). People, oddly enough, don’t like to be coerced like this and may hold it against these folks for a long time.
AUINSC on June 1, 2009 at 9:07 PM
I recall hearing in the past that a lot of the top nazis were gay. I always took that with a grain of salt. I may have been in error.
MB4 on June 1, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Goody Proctor, she be a witch!
ThePrez on June 1, 2009 at 9:10 PM
These people are dumber than my cat…
ladyingray on June 1, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Martin Luther King wasn’t afraid to be known to push for what he thought was right and just. These chickensh*ts want to take away other people’s rights, and never feel pressure in return.
Sorry. Doesn’t work that way.
Freedom of expression doesn’t mean a shield from peer-pressure. I am pro-choice, but I support the freedom of those who want to yell at women on route to abortion clinics. Similarly, if you think gays should be second class citizenry, you’ll have to listen to some of us who disagree with this benign idea.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Imma say bring it on.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:11 PM
How about an eye for an eye? You want to try and pressure me, I’ll come back just as hard on you. Time to toughen up.
txag92 on June 1, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Its true the entire SA was a gay cult slaughtered by Hitler and the SS in something called the night of the Long Knives…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives
elduende on June 1, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Fascism has never been so fabulous.
TheQuestion on June 1, 2009 at 9:12 PM
It’s a great strategy to win hearts and minds isn’t it?
notagool on June 1, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Just because one is gay doesn’t mean one is FOR gay marriage. I should know.
SouthernGent on June 1, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Oh snap!
ThePrez on June 1, 2009 at 9:13 PM
MLK was shot.
- The Cat
P.S. It’s not that people can’t handle a discussion. It’s the broken windows, flat tires, and death that is uncomfortable.
Besides that, who wants to suffer through a debate with Perez Hilton.
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Awwwww look…They’re being tolerant
FontanaConservative on June 1, 2009 at 9:14 PM
What ever happened to that outing of gay Republicans documentary?
boko fittleworth on June 1, 2009 at 9:15 PM
If people do that then they should go to prison.
You can escape that by retreating to your private property.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Explains why they had the better uniforms.
- The Cat
P.S. Admit it!
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:15 PM
This is another step towards Orwell. First, create a politically sanctioned opinion. Then, intimidate through “shame” those who do not share that politically sanctioned opinion. This is how a society develops into a totalitarian state of “one unified” worldview. You simply make having any alternative view unacceptable and legally punishable through organized social and economic pressure.
keep the change on June 1, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Yes, it’s true………
………… can’t you see the similarities in the Obama administration?
Just wait until Obama goes out on another “Date Night” wearing leather boots and the new “Brown Shirt” uniform…….
……………. Chrissy Mathews will have an orgasm on air.
Seven Percent Solution on June 1, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Doesn’t bring back your dog, pay for your damaged property, or make you any less dead.
Really? See point one.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Sort of an internet version of the Nazi pink triangle, huh. Clearly they don’t see the irony.
Ronnie on June 1, 2009 at 9:18 PM
And if that doesn’t work. Hate F#$@ them.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Just more liberals doing their very best to elect Republicans. God bless them for it.
Professor Blather on June 1, 2009 at 9:19 PM
First they came to out the gays. The ethical rational was that gay people should support the gay movement by being openly gay.
But now they are outing straights. And the ethical rational behind this is?
keep the change on June 1, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Won’t bring back to life an abortion doctor either. Let’s prohibit peacefully confronting those who perform or support abortions.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:20 PM
…nose to spite the face
Asher on June 1, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Can conservatives please start trying to ruin the lives of a few liberals? I’m really tired of seeing everyone on our side getting destroyed. It’s time to ruin a few reputations, get a few people fired, end a few careers. The only way the liberals will stop is if there’s mutually assured destruction.
Tabris on June 1, 2009 at 9:21 PM
It is public policy. People who actively promote certain policies should have no expectations to do it under the radar.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:21 PM
A couple of weeks ago there was a thread about gay Republicans and their staffers being exposed in a movie and since I haven’t seen anything else about it I assume they have thought better of it’s release. I hope these folks change there mind also, this is going to be a step backwards for them.
Cindy Munford on June 1, 2009 at 9:22 PM
And if you or any homosexual protester steps one foot on it in an attempt to try to intimidate me or silence my speech…….
………….. you will get a very quick lesson on “what not to do”.
Seven Percent Solution on June 1, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Radio meet wall. Oh, I see you’ve met.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:23 PM
There you go again.
*Gray cat stops licking cat butt and gives hairy eyeball to Ms. Ladyingray*
HornetSting on June 1, 2009 at 9:23 PM
The most self-defeating cause in history continues to defeat itself with great efficiency. Why doesn’t the gay marriage movement just appoint Perez Hilton as their official spokesperson, since they obviously intend to completely turn off potential supporters such as myself with stupid shit like this.
moonbat monitor on June 1, 2009 at 9:24 PM
No, I won’t. It is my right to say whatever I want in public. If you try to teach me a lesson, then
1) you will learn it’s much easier to do when hidden behind a keyboard
2) you will go to prison for violence.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Except that in many (most?) states homosexuals are legally protected from being fired for their sexual orientation, so conservatives don’t have any way to equally push back against this type of public intimidation.
Tabris on June 1, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Wow! Random picture on the internets. Nice!
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Why is it important that they give up their privacy?
Ronnie on June 1, 2009 at 9:26 PM
OK which is it?
- The Cat
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Huh?
An equal push back to a peaceful protest would be to fire the guy from the job?
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:27 PM
If you are a trespasser on someone’s property, in most states you will find that the owner can use quite a bit of force to eject you – and that’s not even touching on if you are actually being violent, in which case you will probably wind up dead and the property own untouched because of the castle doctrine.
In a public space, not all speech is protected either. I’d look up “fighting words” if I were you.
Tabris on June 1, 2009 at 9:27 PM
When you vote for a candidate, you promote certain policies. Yet, the vote is anonymous to prevent intimidation and reprisal by those who may not like the way you just voted. There are curtains on voting booths for just this reason. Petitions are votes for a specific motion. Unfortunately, they have to be signed. And because they are, these fascists want to use that information to intimidate the voters.
keep the change on June 1, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Oh. “In it”. Meaning in the private property. I misread that. Of course, if people forcibly break into your private property against your will, then I support your right to shoot them.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:28 PM
The Proposition 8 protesters did a lot more than “peacefully protest”. Ideally, conservatives in California should have attempted to end their careers.
Tabris on June 1, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Will the cowards cross-reference and eliminate NRA members?
califdreamnred on June 1, 2009 at 9:28 PM
do you starch your brown shirts, or do you have the laundromat do it??
right4life on June 1, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Good work gay leftists… Nothing changes people’s minds more than a venomous campaign of personal vengeance!
Lehosh on June 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Random? No, I was showing visually that you proved my point about the violence inherent in this confrontations.
Not good at connecting dots, eh?
- The Cat
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM
I was talking about coming onto my “private property”, idiot……..
……….. you can’t even follow your own thread.
Seven Percent Solution on June 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Yes, voting is anonymous. Campaign contributions aren’t.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM
At some point these bully tactics have to be put to a stop by the silent majority. If a person can no longer voice their opinions without fear of intimidation and reprisal, this country has entered the dark ages. Some are escalating this kind of thing to a dangerous level and it’s up to the adults in this nation to put an end to it.
It cannot be acceptable to threaten and intimidate citizens who are exercising their constitutionally protected rights. We are all hurt when the voices of others are silenced through informal censorship. The issues and content may change, but the tactics and motives remain the same.
Stickeehands on June 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Ask Miss California. You can lose a job for being on the wrong side of this issue.
Ronnie on June 1, 2009 at 9:30 PM
What job was she fired from?
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:31 PM
So you believe in women having a consequence-free choice to dump their newborns in trash bins (it’s just a late-late-term abortion after all!) and that we should also allow polygamy?
Oh wait, you don’t believe in those things? But they’re just one half-step up from what you agree with right now. It’s not that far for you.
Let me guess… the truth is you believe that polygamists are something to be abhorred because they’re “different” and “weird”. You believe that polygamists can’t take care of their children properly? You believe that bigamists should still go to jail? You believe that mothers who give birth and then dump their children in trash bins shouldn’t have that “freedom” of choice and should go to jail?
And here you are sounding all “progressive”, when what you really mean is “I don’t want to offend the more mainstream lifestyle choices that exist right now.”
Christina D on June 1, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I look forward to you posting your home and work telephone numbers and home address on this thread. Or is that bad free speech, chicken “plucker”?
andycanuck on June 1, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Don’t give them any ideas.
Ronnie on June 1, 2009 at 9:32 PM
I have new ones delivered to me by Obama personally.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:32 PM
No one is advocating that gays be made second class citizens. In fact, the way the loud fascist like ones have been acting lately, one would think that the rest of us, including many gays, are second class citizens.
MB4 on June 1, 2009 at 9:32 PM
And if you don’t let us do what we want… we’ll take it by force.
Fess up Radiofreevillage… Is this how rights are “granted” in this day and age? By blackmail and extortion? If this doesn’t work (and it won’t) how much longer before they go militant?
Skywise on June 1, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Google is your friend.
Ronnie on June 1, 2009 at 9:33 PM
I believe you!
right4life on June 1, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Where can I sign?
sdd on June 1, 2009 at 9:34 PM
The company my spouse works for has been covering “partners” for the last 3 years on their medical insurance but this week we received in the mail notice that we have to prove marriage for spouses to be covered. With the legal definition of Spouse being the legal marriage between one man and one women.
Domestic partners are “out”.
Bicyea on June 1, 2009 at 9:34 PM
None, but it wasn’t for lack of trying.
This is no way to win friends and influence people. The activists keep up these tactics, and 85% of the country again will take a very dim view of their cause.
ddrintn on June 1, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I’m not going to post it myself. Simply because I don’t want to.
However, if I decide to work on implementing some law (as in force other people to live according to rules I propose), then I will not expect privacy.
Clearly, there are some limits to what constitutes a “peaceful protest” and what is an abuse. I can safely say that not any protest is abuse, though.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Fascism. Its whats for dinner.
bluelightbrigade on June 1, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Usefulness is a different issue. You may be right on that. Or not. Anyway, it’s a diversion.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:37 PM
This is about people who just signed. That is the equivalent of casting a vote.
keep the change on June 1, 2009 at 9:37 PM
My guess is that you are in the majority too. And I strongly suspect that most gays are not like the loud fascist ones in the news and on the “jihad” path. Regrettable that some of their actions will rub off on others who are not like them.
MB4 on June 1, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Can I sign. I’ll leave my number. I’d LOVE to have that uncomfortable talk with one of ‘em.
jimmy2shoes on June 1, 2009 at 9:38 PM
You know I was all for same sex marriage as you all have noted in my previous posts,but this action has me re-thinking my stance of support. Forget it. It was enough to forgive the actions of a few after the Prejean fiasco,now Im not so sure I can be so understanding to their causes.
canditaylor68 on June 1, 2009 at 9:39 PM
I don’t know. I’m not willing to have my rights taken away from me because other people may go militant. I was hoping I would find some understanding on a “conservative” site. I guess, not.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Exactly…
Keemo on June 1, 2009 at 9:39 PM
OK, if I sign, but use some address in a really bad neighborhood, can I be held liable for anything that might happen in said neighborhood?
Ronnie on June 1, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Facists need to know who to send their goon squads after when they don’t get their way.
SuperCool on June 1, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Agreed. I also think that the behavior of the Black Panthers is important when assessing if racial equality is a good thing.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:41 PM
If you’re out to make a splash, gay cheri,
Do know your haberdashery!
Buttons, buckles, ruffles and lace
Represent the gay social scene race!
Be an example to your sex
Give your boot a dapper strap
And it’s smarter if your garter has some snap!
A cravat should be flounced about your neck
Wear a nightcap when you nap
Be bewitching with some stitching on your cap!
Now, drape your cape
And puff your cuff
Embroider those lapels!
Be the new king of the gay social scene in pastels!
Draw your britches in quite tight
Even more so, and your torso will ignite
Now, smock your frock
Perfume your plume
And let your waistcoat swing!
And the gay social scene will bow to its new king!
PercyB on June 1, 2009 at 9:42 PM
You wanted to find understanding on a conservative site for the use of extortion?
- The Cat
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Shweet! So when you sign the proposal to put an opposition to (something like) prop 8 on the ballot (aka something writing gay marriage into the law), we can get all of your contact info so that we can demonstrate in front of your house, call you relentlessly, and get you fired from your job? You will be “forcing” us religious folk to acknowledge “your” definition of marriage, after all. I await this with great anticipation!
Christina D on June 1, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Racist exposed.
canditaylor68 on June 1, 2009 at 9:42 PM
I believe some in the gay community are distancing themselves from the likes of Perez Hilton for the very fact that his flambouancy is turning lots of folks off of the gay marriage cause. Also, Perez has been all over Adam Lambert from American Idol because Adam hasn’t yelled from the roof top that he is gay. Perez is a nut case.
txag92 on June 1, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Yes, when I was repeatedly saying “peaceful protest”, I must have meant “extortion”.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Finally.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Intimidation tactics only silence the weak.
They strengthen the rest.
Rave on, fools.
profitsbeard on June 1, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Cut the crap. There is nothing peaceful about this and we all know it.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:45 PM
The kooks carrying this stuff out don’t think it’s a diversion.
ddrintn on June 1, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I release my secret weapon to neutralize your Gray Cat!
Loxodonta on June 1, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Well, “you all” think you know more about science than scientists do. It’s not really a convincing argument.
Of course, it’s peaceful. Peaceful means you will not get hurt. It doesn’t mean you will not feel uncomfortable. A free society organizes through peer-pressure.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Yet, the vote is anonymous to prevent intimidation and reprisal by those who may not like the way you just voted
keep the change at 9:27pm
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Not if the EFCA becomes the model…
justincase on June 1, 2009 at 9:50 PM
So, you think harrassment, intimidation and death threats (which is the whole point of giving out people’s names, adresses and phone numbers and you know it.) constitutes “peacful protest”?
How warped ARE you?
SuperCool on June 1, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Strange but some people call this date rape.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:51 PM
This is about intimidation.
I bet there are a lot of people who will sign any petition with the belief that they think it should be up to the people. When they sign they may or may not be for a particular proposal.
CWforFreedom on June 1, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Interesting thought from a noted libtard in another thread
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:51 PM
I heard this story locally (Seattle) on a talk radio program. One man called in to say he isn’t even supportive of this legislation, and wouldn’t have signed the petition, but after hearing this he decided he would sign it after all.
Can you say backfire?
capitalist piglet on June 1, 2009 at 9:52 PM
No it doesn’t.
Ronnie on June 1, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Alrighty then.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Um, let’s think here… last time this happened and people’s names were exposed during prop 8, they were picketed, their houses were ruined, they were kept from going to work, some lost their jobs or had to quit. Yeah, sounds peaceful to me. Also, someone smeared poop all around my church building (which is not even in Cali) because they think that my religion “hates” gays (untrue) or something, after the campaign. Reaaaaaal peaceful.
Christina D on June 1, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Is there any mention of the tragic price to a person’s spouse and children?
- The Cat
MirCat on June 1, 2009 at 9:53 PM
That statement sounds like something out of “1984″ or “Animal Farm”.
MB4 on June 1, 2009 at 9:53 PM
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