They don't want their bigotry exposed.
This from our local paper:
Group Outs Gay Ban Petitioners
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:43 AM CDT
Arkansas News Bureau
LITTLE ROCK - A Massachusetts gay rights group on Tuesday posted on the Internet the names and addresses of more than 83,000 Arkansans who signed petitions last year to put a gay adoption ban on the state ballot, action the leader of the ballot initiative condemned as "pure intimidation."
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"This is pure intimidation. Everyone who looks at this Web site can see this is an effort on the part of radical gay organizations to intimidate citizens into not exercising their rights," said Jerry Cox, director of the Little Rock-based Family Council, the organization that spearheaded the petition drive.
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Lang said his groups expects many petition signers will be confronted about their actions as their names appear on the Web site. Cox said he was not as concerned about confrontations as with the implications for the democratic process.
"It's almost like surrendering the secret ballot," he said. "If the public knows who you're voting for, it has an effect on your vote. "(Publishing petition information) may not be a brother to it, but its a cousin to it. It affects how you exercise your vote."
http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2009/04/29/news/news042909_11.txt