Wilson brags O.T.

[Mark Mandel]

At least they didn't say "ravished".

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On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> The below-named judge is my baby (half-)brother!
>
> -Wilson
>
> _Judge_ denies request to keep Proposition 8 donors secret
>
> By Aurelio Rojas
> arojas at sacbee.com
> Published: Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009
>
> A federal judge today denied an attempt by Proposition 8 supporters to
> withhold disclosure of late campaign donors to the state's same-sex
> marriage ban.
>
> California's Political Reform Act, approved by voters in 1974,
> requires disclosure of the name, occupation, and employer of anyone
> contributing $100 or more to campaigns. The suit challenges the
> constitutionality of the disclosure requirement, claiming that donors
> to Proposition 8 have been ravaged by e-mails, phone calls and
> postcards -- even death threats.
>
> YES ON 8 campaign officials said hundreds of people have alleged
> harassment, intimidation or threats. Attorneys for Proposition 8
> assert that First Amendment rights to be free from retaliation
> outweigh the state's interest in disclosure.
>
> But U.S. District Judge _Morrison Cohen England, Jr._ disagreed.
>
> "The court finds that the state is not facilitating retaliation by
> compelling disclosure," he said.
> –––
> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -----
> -Mark Twain
>
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