Petition signers against expanded gay rights can’t keep names secret

Los Angeles Times: A U.S. appeals court rules that a Washington state law calling for such disclosure serves the public interest. The case stems in part from the backlash over California's anti-gay-marriage Prop. 8. Washington state voters who signed petitions to repeal a law enhancing rights for same-sex couples don't enjoy a right to confidentiality, and their names can be disclosed to the public, a federal appeals court panel ruled Thursday.

In a case spurred in part by the angry backlash that greeted supporters of California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage last year, those seeking to repeal the Washington law failed in their bid to keep petition signers anonymous for fear they could face similar harassment. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Washington's Public Records Act providing for disclosure of referendum petition signers is constitutional and serves important public interests. The panel also reversed a federal District Court order preventing disclosure of the names, but with little effect as the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed their release until all appeals have been exhausted.

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