Gay Marriage Opponents Tell Supreme Court: Release Names, Gays Will Attack

Backers of a failed referendum aimed at reversing the state's domestic partnership law have filed their arguments with the U.S. Supreme Court, setting the stage for proceedings scheduled for the spring on whether anti-gay rights petitioners names must be made public.

Writing the high court Thursday, proponents of Referendum 71 - which appeared on the ballot in an effort to overturn the state's "everything but marriage" domestic partnership law - said petition signers' names should not be released. Doing so, they asserted, could see those who wanted the landmark gay rights law repealed subjected to harassment or violence.

The move puts opponents of the gay rights law at odds with Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed and state Attorney General Rob McKenna. Both officials, the highest-ranking Republicans serving in state government, have held that state law requires the release of petitioners' names.

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