The List

I just saw a clip from a news station in San Francisco about an Anti-Gay Companies Blacklist naming companies that donated monies to Proposition H8. And at first I thought...well, I wasn't sure what to think. Part of was saying "Oh heck yeah!" while the softer, gentler side of me was wary what kind of light this would shed on the gay community. However, at the end of the clip, the reporter is speaking via phone to a man who donated money for Prop. H8. The caller seemed surprised and ended by asking if Prop. 8 hadn't passed, should he have created such a list.

At that moment, my gentler side concede to the other, "heck yeah" side. Because those who supported the proposition did just that a few weeks before the election. Remember those letters that went to companies who gave money against the proposition demanding that they also give money to the other/their side or else be outed to the community?

And aren't such lists already in place listing information about companies who support gay rights? Doesn't the religious right already try to influence some companies by threatening them with boycotts if they don't rescind pro-gay activities?

This article published in 2005 by the Yurica Report sheds a bit of light on such practices by the religiosos. I'm sure hundreds more can be found on the internet, in magazines, newspapers.

If they can do it....