A couple of gay activists have set up a Web site on which they promise to list the names and addresses of everybody who signs petitions for a ballot question that would outlaw future gay marriages in Massachusetts. You can even sign up to be notified if somebody in your town signs one of the petitions (hmm, where's the integration with a mapping program?).
Right or wrong?
Domenico is outraged:
... Imagine if pro-marriage Christian advocates had something similar. Suppose they listed the names and addresses of every gay couple who had received a marriage license from Massachusetts since the court order went into effect in May 2004. The howls of outrage and protest would be heard from every rooftop in Cambridge and Wellesley and Newton and dozens of other liberal bastions. We'd hear ominous warnings of fundamentalists intimidating and even attacking peaceful gays and their adopted children. We'd be told that it smacks of fascism and stories would be re-told of homicidal anti-abortionists shooting up clinics. ...
Ed. note: If you do a whois search on the site, you see that it's been registered with DomainsByProxy.com, a site which hides the addresses of people who use its services. How come they don't want people to know their address? Surely they'd want to "open up communication" as they told the Herald was the reason to set up the site. Not that they're too hard to find - a quick trip to Switchboard turns up their contact info.
