Two gay activists from Boston are striking back against those who wish to take away their rights. They have promised to post on the Internet the names and addresses of anyone who signs a petition that could lead to a statewide ban on gay marriage.

“Everyone’s scrambling to know who in their town would sign this,” one of the activists, Thomas Lang told the Boston Herald. “And this Web site will give gay people the tools to know, to defend themselves and their families, to let them go neighbor-to-neighbor and say, ‘I don’t appreciate your signing this.’”

“I’m going to be aggressive personally,” he said. “I want to know that the people I do business with are not against (gay marriage). This is going to be won by economics.”

Lang, 42, said the name, street address, hometown and ZIP code of everyone who signs the petition will be posted on the Web site KnowThyNeighbor.org.

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Mercury News has an informative Q&A (google search link to get around reg. original link - reg required) on the state of gay marriage in California.

Gay rights supporters cheered loudly from the gallery as California lawmakers became the first in the country to approve a bill allowing same-sex marriages. But their celebration may be short-lived.

The legislation could be vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has expressed an acceptance of gay marriages but said it’s an issue that should be decided by voters or the courts.

Tuesday’s vote showed that gay rights advocates have “turned the corner on the issue of marriage equality for lesbian and gay couples,” said Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, a backer of the bill.

“As the debate today shows, love conquers fear, principle conquers politics and equality conquers injustice, and the governor can now secure his legacy as a true leader by signing this bill,” he said.

CA lawmakers pass gay marriage bill

Assembly roll call