Comments on: Court allows release of domestic partner petitions

By: Sandra Rogers

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:05:13 +0000

These people keep insisting they’re so proud to be “defending traditional marriage”. There’s no reason they should need to hide their names from the public. In fact, they themselves should be broadcasting the fact that they signed–if they’re so proud of what they did.

But the reality is they’re just like the KKK. They want to engage in bigotry and cause harm to others but wear hoods so the rest of the community still thinks they’re upstanding, decent citizens.

By: rogerma

rogerma — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:50:32 +0000

This is good news! Petitions are public documents even after you sign one. Only votes are private.

By: jessieka

jessieka — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:03:29 +0000

It is good that the court see’s that the RULE of LAW is paremount.Every time anyone sighns ANY petion it is public record.If you sighn you forfet your right to privacy. If you dont believe enough to defend it DONT sighn.If you bliindly sighn without reading & knowing
Well your a fool & being dumb is NO EXCUSE! They tried to give those sighners SPIECAL RIGHTS. Isn’t that what they claim WE trying to get?? Now when will that 1st judge be FORCED TO RESIGHN!

By: Lee Dorsey

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:51:47 +0000

Jay has a very good point. Yes on 71 supporters said that signature gathers were verbally stating the opposite of what the petition said. Although, after signing people should have heard more about it and maybe complained already that they were misinformed…. but ignorance of the ‘petition effect’ is no excuse, to paraphrase.

By: Bonnie Brill

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:40:32 +0000

Absolutely the names should be made public. We live in a democratic society even though the right wingers don’t believe we should be part of it…

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Standing up (ok, sitting down) for our rights!

By: Ryan James Devlin

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:32:22 +0000

I am seeing that more and more christian groups are complaining that the LGBT Community should have no rights. Well What would they say if they had to pay taxs on the gounds that there chruch’s or just taxs period. They already are listed and a non profit org. why what makes them special. What if we closed our walets, and stopped paying taxes to support them. if all the tax money that we made as a gay community stayed it would look really bad it would look segragated all over again like black and white,was many years ago. and no look history is repeating itself. Our government would fall in a huge hole if the LGBT Community bannded together and took a stand for who we are. every day i read more and more about what is happening to the LGBT Community and keep thinking that we are headed right for another Stone Wall of history and it will be bigger than the last one and more devistaing than the last one. Churchs wanted the state to be seporate well then stay out of political issues. other wise lets reverse the law that states that church and state are seporate. and make it the way is use to be. So the next question in my mind is ..
At what cost will it take for Equality
We are a nation of freedom and I see no freedom when I am told No to some thing that is MY RIGHT.

By: Matthew Simonds

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:12:27 +0000

Finally, Its very very disappointing it took this long to point out to judge settle that public potions are not secret under state law and never have been.
Now when the auditors office (lets just say reed is out next vote) has to get is but in gear and release them.( I want to know if any one I know/business owners of places I frequent supported it)

By: Stuff Queer People Need To Know

Stuff Queer People Need To Know — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:26:20 +0000

The names shouldn’t be withheld. It’s a matter of public record. This should be a lesson not to sign this sorts of petitions if you don’t want people to think you are a homophobe.

http://stuffqueerpeopleneedtoknow.wordpress.com

By: Casey Cameron

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:01:38 +0000

This is a good development. IF the petition signers are worried about harassment, then they need to think about that BEFORE they sign a petition to take civil rights away from people.

By: Raymond H. Clark

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:35:39 +0000

I guess they’ve forgotten about the BLACKMAIL letters the Religious Reich (sic) sent out in California before the vote on Prop 8, naming names of those who had donated to oppose hate, and threatening them with boycotts and legal actions.

What’s sauce for the Left is sauce for the Reich (sic). Plaster their damned names and addresses all over the Net; boycott their businesses; see how THEY like it.

You’re never going to have a “constructive dialogue” with those illegitimate sons of the KKK anyway.