Houston-based anti-abortion group Coalition for Life, whics - as we all know - is only interested in "protecting the public" and not in intimidation tactics of any kind, is offering a report of donors to Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas to anyone who signs their online petition.
Of course, the names of all donors are already available to anyone who reads Planned Parenthood's annual report. And the Chronicle story neglects to mention that all businesses and foundations on the list were told (by anti-choice gadfly David Bereit) they could avoid having their names published if they denounced their support of Planned Parenthood. To my knowledge, none did.
Keep it up, guys. Ultimatums and harassment have a strange habit of backfiring. And donations always seem to go up after the pro-lifers pull stunts like this, for some reason.
Wonder how these jokers would feel about having their own names, home addresses and phone numbers published. Or about becoming targets of the same kind of harrassment and intimidation that they dish out.
While I suppose they might argue for "freedom of speech" at that point, methinks the gutless little bastards would probably hue and cry about how that carries things too far and how it's not the intent of the law that people be set up for personal intimidation based on their political beliefs.
Maybe someone should try it, huh?