Legal War For WA State Sunshine Law

joeszilagyi writes "In a major battle in Washington State, anti-gay rights groups created and got R-71 on the 2009 election ballot. This is a public initiative to put same-sex civil unions up for public vote. The real legal war then erupted: activists created WhoSigned.org to take advantage of WA state's Public Records Act, and put the names of all people who publicly endorsed R-71 on a public, SEO-optimized website. Lawsuits quickly followed, and today it reached the United States Supreme Court, in a matter of months. The records appear to have always been public, but have only been available in digital form since 2006. An assault on civil rights, an assault on marriage, or an assault on sunshine laws and freedom of information?"

Comments

Oh the irony

[Taylor123456789]

I find it ironic that the pro-gay-rights faction preaching tolerance is intolerant of those who vote against their position. They are so intolerant that they select those who don't hold their views and ridicule and excoriate them. Isn't that what they are fighting against?

Re:No one should have expected

[dissy]

Is there something so horrible about people wanting equal treatment under the law?

It is to a bigot. I'd venture a guess that not being able to force their will on those that do not want it is a great offense to those people (That is how they respond each and every time at least) and thusly is horrible.

I think such behavior is disgusting, but believe that is an answer to your question.

Re:The Law of Unintended Consequences

[Lord Kano]

Leftists don't have a problem with discrimination and harassment, it's just that now THEY want to be the ones to decide the targets.

LK