All those Mormons who are upset that their support of Proposition 8 in California — which took away the right of gay people to marry — is causing uncomfortable scrutiny of their quote unquote religion should take note. KnowThyNeighbor.org is going a step further by publishing the names of those who signed the petition to allow Florida’s version of Prop 8 (which also passed) on the ballot.
The database is searchable, allowing you to see if your state senator or representative or governor signed. You can also check your own name for petition fraud. And if you suspect your disagreeable neighbor or homophobic boss signed, now you can find out.
Predictably, some of those who gleefully supported this ill-conceived and backward amendment are crying foul. They never dreamed anyone would find out, they say. But voter petitions are, quite properly, public record.
Sister sites spotlight similar efforts in Oregon and Massachusetts. The Florida site is sponsored by Jacksonville’s Christ Church of Peace.
Christ Church of Peace believes that all people are created equal by our loving Creator. Further, we believe that all tax-paying citizens, regardless of sexual orientation, deserve full equal rights, including the right to enter into civil marriage. And as such, are in agreement with our Florida Constitution.
This is about real, tax paying people being denied fair access to equal rights. Civil marriage is a legal institution, and confers more than 1,000 rights to couples.
Also listed are the five biggest financial contributors to the effort. While the California initiative was funded largely by Republicans and Mormons, Florida’s anti civil rights campaign was waged by Republicans and James Dobson’s Focus on the Family front groups. Note: I suspect there is a typo in the “as of” date, which lists March 31, 2006 instead of 2008.
Republican Party of Florida — $300,000.00
Florida Family Action — $70,946.86
Florida Baptist Convention — $25,000.00
Focus on the Family Action — $23,391.17
Judge Bill — $10,000.00
No, I have no idea who Judge Bill is.
This site is a goldmine of interesting information. Even more important, it sends a message that those who would deny others their rights can’t expect to shoot from the darkness.
Surprise! My redneck relatives in Central Florida signed the petition. Hey Trish, there were 33 Floridians who share your last name on the list, but I still beat you with 133 people who have my last name who hate gay people.
What happens if people signed twice?
I thought I had caught a relative of mine signing twice but just discovered one of them is using his first name which is the same as his son’s name. Never before knew of him to use that name … guilt perhaps?
LOL! Good on these good Christians!
Definitely brings fresh definition to Christ’s challenge for those who presume themselves to be without sin to cast the first stone.
Well, well, well, now! Let us just see which conniving Pharisees and sneaky faithless whores stealthly straddling the scaly back of the beastly state dare to sanctimoniously presume themselves to be sinless enough to cast that first stone of selfrighteous indignant judgement at castigated members of our collective humanity. After all, that’s about what this Prop 8 madness amounts to: a craven outraged mob of homophobic xenophobes fearfully and faithlessly invoking the glorious Name of GOD through a few poorly manipulated passages from their well twisted Bibles to justify and excuse their indefensible shameless bigotry and insufferable willful ignorance. They’ve gotten away with this abusive offense largely unchallenged because they’ve always enjoyed the luxury of glorious anonymity. Until now, they were little more than nameless, mind-numbed, nondescript faces in the religio-fascist throng of useful tools existing solely for the distractive deployment into meaningful public discourse at the pleasure of their fascist corporacratic overlords. But, now that dark vail of protection is waning, thanks to this wonderful Christian light of TRUTH. Let’s just see now if these once hidden hypocrites are as strident in their pious outrage in the light of public enlightenment of their true and actual identities as they were before this Christian lighthouse was able to focus the judicious beacon of pointed scrutiny on their wretched lost souls.
Queue the righteous maniacal laughter of joy and gladness for this wee bit of JUSTICE…..