Referendum 71 - Washington State

[madhatter85]

This is not to debate the approval or rejection of this ballot so if you want a fight about that go somewhere else.

Local News | Justice Kennedy blocks release of R-71 names | Seattle Times Newspaper

This is to bring to light the double standard where gay-rights activists are fighting to remain anonymous when supporting Referendum 71. This is in contrast to the Proposition 8 stance where those who donated money to the campaign were not allowed to remain anonymous.

Not that i even want to know who signed or care to explore it. But i think it's fair to assume that gay-rights groups are being hypocritical when trying to block the release of names.

 

[Mister Emu]

Gay rights supporters and open-government groups sought to disclose the names,

It seems that it is the homosexual marriage supporters who wish to have the names disclosed...

 

[tumbleweed41]

Local News | Justice Kennedy blocks release of R-71 names | Seattle Times Newspaper

This is to bring to light the double standard where gay-rights activists are fighting to remain anonymous when supporting Referendum 71.

But i think it's fair to assume that gay-rights groups are being hypocritical when trying to block the release of names.

You got your story wrong.

Gay rights supporters and open-government groups sought to disclose the names, saying that signers should be identified so the public knows who is behind Referendum 71.

Protect Marriage Washington argued that state officials had suddenly changed a long-standing practice of keeping confidential the identities of those who signed referendum petitions. The group said signers of the petition fear hostile confrontations from gay rights supporters and noted that their campaign manager had received death threats
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