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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/29/BAJC15JOOR.DTL&tsp=1

Prop. 8 campaign can't hide donors' names

Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer

(01-29) 15:06 PST SACRAMENTO --

Proposition 8 proponents' complaint that a California campaign-finance disclosure law has led to harassment of same-sex marriage opponents failed today to sway a federal judge, who refused to throw out the law or shield donors' names.

Lawyers for Protect Marriage, sponsor of the constitutional amendment that won voter approval Nov. 4, said contributors have already faced consumer boycotts, picketing and even death threats after the state posted their names and other information in mandatory campaign reports.

They argued that the law requiring disclosure of all donors of $100 or more interfered with the campaign's right to participate in the political process and should be struck down, modified to raise the dollar limits, or at least not applied to contributors to the measure outlawing same-sex marriage.

As a first step, the campaign sought an exemption from the state's post-election contribution report, due next week.

But U.S. District Judge Morrison England, after a one-hour hearing in Sacramento, said California's $100 reporting requirement - adopted by the voters in 1974 - is a valid means of informing the public about the financing of ballot measure campaigns.

"If there ever needs to be sunshine on a particular issue, it's a ballot measure," England said, observing that initiatives are often sponsored by committees with misleading names.

Some of the reprisals reported by the Prop. 8 committee involve legal activities such as boycotts and picketing, England said. He said other alleged actions, such as death threats, mailings of white powder and vandalism, may constitute "repugnant and despicable acts" but can be reported to law enforcement.

Even if there have been illegal reprisals, that would be insufficient reason to grant a wholesale exemption for a multimillion-dollar campaign with thousands of donors, the judge said.

Any desire by donors to remain anonymous is outweighed by the state's authority to require "full and fair disclosure of everyone who's involved in these political campaigns," England said.

Lawyers for Protect Marriage said they would not seek to block the next campaign filing, which is due Monday, but would take their case against the disclosure law to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

The federal case is unrelated to the Prop. 8 case now before the state Supreme Court, in which same-sex couples and local governments led by the city of San Francisco have sued to overturn the ballot measure. The court could hear arguments in that case as early as the first week in March.
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why can't i oppress groups of people without facing the consequences, waaaah

Also: this is awesome and I hope every one of these people gets picketed mercilessly.
 
:3 Yay~
I used to live in California, and by far, it is the best place I have ever lived, I want to go back ;-; Gay Marriage = awesome. Taking care of annoying anti-gays = Awesomer.

Anti gay activists suck :P MAY THEY GET PICKETED TO DEATH BY ALL THE GAYS :D
Ha I have been to a gay rights festival before, it was by accident, but it was cool :sunglasses: Gay couples everywhere :D *Happy*
But I is not lesbian D: ~~~~ *Supporter of gays/lesbians* ^^
 
by "picketed" I assume you mean "stabbed repeatedly with the business end of picket fence posts"
in which case, I agree wholeheartedly.
 
Can someone summarize i keep reading it and getting nothing out of it sorry. D:
 
Xikaze said:
by "picketed" I assume you mean "stabbed repeatedly with the business end of picket fence posts"
in which case, I agree wholeheartedly.
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:3 I meant all the gay people taking protest signs and beating all the anti-gay activists to death with them xD
...I must draw this >:3
 
Ice tiger said:
:3 I meant all the gay people taking protest signs and beating all the anti-gay activists to death with them xD
...I must draw this >:3
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but then they would all be arrested

and go to jail

and never marry

that would suck
 
opaltiger said:
but then they would all be arrested

and go to jail

and never marry

that would suck
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You do realize I don't actually mean for them do do it... And all of the anti-gays would deserve to get beaten to death >:[ Discrimination isn't cool.
 
by "picketed" I assume you mean "stabbed repeatedly with the business end of picket fence posts"
in which case, I agree wholeheartedly.
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And all of the anti-gays would deserve to get beaten to death
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Since when is it cool to joke about people being killed, brutally, simply because they're bigots?

Real classy, guys. Way to make your side look good.
 
Buh I wish gay marriage would be legal in Australia already

but yeah this is good. I'm really annoyed about prop 8 going through. ):|
 
Verne said:
Can someone summarize i keep reading it and getting nothing out of it sorry. D:
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Prop 8 bigots who donated more than 100$ are getting their names published (which is normal, it's in the law), said bigots don't want to, complain to courts, courts tell them to fuck off, bigots whine and complain.

I hope all of their businesses fail.
 
opaltiger said:
if you'd stop electing prime ministers who lie about this sort of thing >:(
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Our prime minister in Portugal (who's also the leader of our socialist party) didn't vote for gay marriage and so no one else in the socialist party voted for it except one guy what the fuccckkk (the only ones who voted pro were the communists and the left block but it wasn't enough to win)

now election time is approaching he's saying that if he gets elected again he'll vote for it this time

why the hell didn't you vote before you shitbag fffff our socialist party is a cunt (except manue alegre), i hope the left block gets elected this year.

Oh well at least he's cute and he gives good burns so he's not 100% bad.


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Again, I hope they all get picketed.

edit: what's with all these retired people donating ridiculously large sums of money it's depressing.
 
or at least not applied to contributors to the measure outlawing same-sex marriage.
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...wow, I love how they expect to get special treatment. "Okay, so this law is, uh, wrong! You should strike it out! Or just raise the dollar limit! Or fine, just don't let it apply to us!

They really should have seen this coming. :/ Although threatening them with physical violence is really out of line.

In Iceland gay marriage is approved by the state, but religious organizations can do whatever they want. The state church does not officially condone it, which is rather unfair since gay people's taxes are funding it, but at least I'm reasonably certain that that was supposed to only mean that individual priests who don't want to marry same-sex couples are not forced to, while those who are fine with it can do it if they like. :/
 
God guys I was just making a joke with the whole picket fence post thing o.o
wordplay is fun :(
I never actually suggested that anyone hurt anyone
 
Learn to take a joke D: I was actually really tired when I posted that >.> yay
and now that I am awake I realize I have said something awful, I don't think the anti-gay activists should be beaten to death, they have their right to their opinion, even if it is a terrible one.
Sorry >.<
 
Just pointing out that I don't think you'd find it particularly funny if the joke was along the lines of, "Somebody should beat the sore losers to death with their own signs."
 
well no
but nobody who is anti-prop 8 would tell that joke
because it isn't funny

I'm sure it might be funny to the people who see the protesters as antagonists.
you need to consider your audience's position before you start telling jokes at peoples' expenses

this is why you don't walk into orphanages and start telling 'your mom' jokes.
 
*shrug* Clearly, I didn't find what you wrote very funny either. And I agree, it's definitely about perspective and that audience is important in humor; however, the fact that you'd post something like that here because you're less likely to get called out on it doesn't make it less crass.
 
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