Gay-marriage foe goes public

I RESPECT John Natale for "coming out" as an opponent of gay marriage ("He won't be intimidated by website," letter, June 13). Doing so, he significantly rises above the fray of gay-marriage opponents. Making one's position public , as he does, enables us to engage in dialogue and perhaps reach some understanding, compromise, agreement, though many of his fellow foes do not seem interested in this.

Yet his and other foes' contention that KnowThyNeighbor.org is intimidating is skewed. Either you stand up for what you believe in -- and you should have no problem letting it be known that you oppose gay marriage -- or you don't, but then your support by signing a petition, which is by definition public knowledge, is void.

Gay-marriage foes can't have it both ways. They can't deny certain people their rights for no good reason and claim the right to anonymity while doing so. There's either privacy for everyone or none at all.
DANIEL BECKER, Belmont