Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Proposition 8: Mapping Political Persecution

Chilling Free Speech
By Chuck Colson
Christian Post Guest Columnist
Sun, Mar. 22 2009

Dotting the streets on a certain online map are hundreds of red teardrops. Click on a teardrop at a particular address, and come up with the words, “Patricia Greenwood. Insurance agent. $100.”
Miss Greenwood had better watch her back. Angry supporters of same-sex “marriage” are using Google Maps to tell the world exactly where she lives, and that she donated money to support Proposition 8—the California initiative banning same-sex “marriage.” Now, I made up the name Patricia Greenwood, but the names and addresses on this map belong to real people.
The only point of identifying Proposition 8 supporters is to encourage people to harass them.

And the tactic is working.

Opponents of traditional marriage have sent threatening emails and vandalized churches. They have forced supporters out of their jobs and boycotted their businesses. They’ve made abusive telephone calls and even threatened their neighbors with death. Hundreds of cases of harassment have been documented. the rest

Added: Pestered Prop 8 donors file suit

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