Analyzing EightMaps (thoughts from the LGBT community and beyond)

On Monday, news broke of a Web site called EightMaps.com that reveals personal information about people and organizations who donated money in support of Proposition 8, which passed on November 4, ending the legality of gay marriage in California.

Campaign finance laws are tricky things. Protect Marriage, an anti-gay marriage group that has led the fight for Proposition 8 as well as the fight against disclosing personal information about donors, is arguing that the release of these names has led to death threats, vandalism and harassment of those who supported the amendment...

For the rest of my article on Eight Maps and further analysis, go to the MTV Newsroom site at:

http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/02/10/are-prop-8-opponents-using-eightmapscom-for-the-right-reasons/