GOP same-sex marriage CD stirs up a technological tempest

[RC]

GOP same-sex marriage CD stirs up a technological tempest

The Associated Press - Thursday, March 02, 2006
ST. PAUL

A CD-ROM that the Minnesota Republican Party is sending out to build support for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage has another purpose: building up a voter database.

And that's stirred up a technological tempest on the Internet and among Democrats who say the disc will improperly gather data from people who examine it on their computers. Privacy experts say they're concerned that the GOP won't adequately warn users that it's collecting the data, and they worry where the information will end up.

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To watch the video, a person has to go to an Internet site and punch in an ID code that tells the party who is viewing it. Once the video is going, viewers are asked questions on subjects like abortion, gun control and party preference.

Party officials distributed what they called test copies of the CDs to the media on Monday. Those discs contained no disclaimers saying that data was being collected and transmitted.

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http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D8G3A9SG0

[Gman]

1. The GOP and spyware

just seem to go together like bread and butter.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Disgusting!

The levels to which they will delve is incomprehensible!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. Cyber-hate--what a horrible concept.

[Orsino]

8. It's all the GOP has with which to appeal to working Americans.

God, gays, guns and abortion. Meanwhile, they dismatle our economy.

[rodeodance]

4. downright scary --

[Atmashine]

5. It's dangerous!

"They talk about what they consider the dangers of gay marriage..."

There's plenty of danger in man/woman marriages too. Bigots..

[area51]

6. homophobia

The nazi party spends way too much time worrying what gay people do in bed together.

And why am I not surprised that they also get off to spying on people?

[myrna minx]

7. Minnesota is under siege. The GOP is trying to beat us red

but it won't be easy.

[sarcasmo]

9. Homophobia and Abortion the only two topics the Repukes are going with

in 08. What a bunch of pathetic ASSHATS.

[stepnw1f]

10. GOP = Party of Bigotry

And self-loathing sell-outs.