Supreme Court rejects appeal by Prop 8 donors to keep their identities secret

[KamaAina]

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2015/03/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-by-prop-8-donors-to-keep-their-identities-secret/

The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from same-sex marriage opponents in California who want to keep the identities of their campaign donors secret.

The justices on Monday let stand a lower court ruling against ProtectMarriage.com, the National Organization for Marriage and other supporters of a 2008 ballot initiative that outlawed same-sex marriages in California until the ban was overturned five years later.

The groups sought to conceal their past and future campaign finance records because they feared harassment of donors.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against them in part because the names have been publicly available for five years.

[Brother Buzz]

1. The names have been publicly available for five years in a very user friendly search engine

By town, zip code, what not. It may not be politically correct to point fingers, but I believe the Mormons are trying to walk it back a bit by trying to sweep it under the rug.

[nichomachus]

2. Harassment -- bullshit.

They know they were outright bigots and they're trying to hide it. They're basically cowards. They don't even have the courage of their convictions.

[gratuitous]

3. Doyle Lonnegan would have said

"Not only are ye a bigot; ye're a gutless bigot as well."