Wilson brags O.T.

[Wilson Gray]

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.
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