# A public service: Names of Proposition 8 supporters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-service-names-of-proposition-8-supporters/484362>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 4, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-service-names-of-proposition-8-supporters/484362 "2009-02-04T03:12:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-service-names-of-proposition-8-supporters/484362/137 "2009-02-05T14:18:29Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> I also want to point out that the Yes on 8 crowd started it:  
> [CA Prop 8 backers= extortion? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489417)

Good point. And in that thread:

> [@CA Prop 8 backers= extortion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-prop-8-backers-extortion/469416/1):
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> Umm- does this not smell a great deal like blackmail or extortion?

> [@CA Prop 8 backers= extortion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-prop-8-backers-extortion/469416/10):
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> Yes, it does, and it’s contemptible.

I thought it was contemptible then, and I think the reverse tactic is also contemptible.

You thought the original was worthy of disdain, too.

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