MC: Washington Sees Prop 8 Thuggery

It was inevitable that the brownshirts would come to Washington. They certainly have a welcoming environment here. In California, after the passage of Proposition 8, which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman and wrote that into that state’s constitution, gay marriage advocates published the names and addresses of donors to the “Yes on Proposition 8” campaign online and used Google maps to provide directions to their homes. The obvious intent of this maneuver was to punish and intimidate political opponents. The message: We know where you live. Well guess what? The thugs are here, and they have inaugurated a similar campaign of intimidation in Washington. The only difference is that Washington’s gay marriage advocates are deploying the California intimidation tactics preemptively. They have begun a campaign to publicize the names and addresses of people who dare to sign a petition for Referendum 71, an effort to overturn Washington’s recently passed civil union law. The message: We know where you live/ Michael Costello , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

Question: The Spokesman-Review Editorial Board believes that Referendum 71 opponents will hurt their cause by using this thinly disguised intimidation tactic. What do you think?