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Sep. 11th, 2005 02:44 pmpeeve: medical tests.
extra-peeve: medical tests for which one must study.
extra-peeve: medical tests for which one must study.
Sep. 11th, 2005
making public opinion, well, public.
Sep. 11th, 2005 09:06 pmknowthyneighbor.org is planning on listing everyone who signs the petition to put an anti-gay-marriage question on the ballot:
The Petition, #05-02, Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage, reads as follows:
"When recognizing marriages entered into after the adoption of this amendment by the people, the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions shall define marriage only as the union of one man and one woman."
i'll be curious to see if other groups start doing this with petitions they don't agree with, and whether it'll have a chilling effect on controversion topics.
on the other hand, there was the scandal a few years ago where allegedly people signed what they thought was one petition (to outlaw slaughtering horses for human consumption) only to have the paperwork shuffled around and it was actually an anti-gay marriage petition. something like this would enable people to check whether they'd signed the petition they thought they had.
The Petition, #05-02, Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage, reads as follows:
"When recognizing marriages entered into after the adoption of this amendment by the people, the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions shall define marriage only as the union of one man and one woman."
i'll be curious to see if other groups start doing this with petitions they don't agree with, and whether it'll have a chilling effect on controversion topics.
on the other hand, there was the scandal a few years ago where allegedly people signed what they thought was one petition (to outlaw slaughtering horses for human consumption) only to have the paperwork shuffled around and it was actually an anti-gay marriage petition. something like this would enable people to check whether they'd signed the petition they thought they had.